21 Utah 2d 205 - State v. Renzo’s Empirical Analysis

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30 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * The extent and nature of the wound and the atrocity of the crime also were material questions. Clearly, the photographs, though cumulative, served to corroborate the doctor's testimony and were admissible for that purpose. * * * The admission of photographs rests largely in the discretion of the trial court and ordinarily his decision will not be disturbed. We cannot say the court abused its discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 22 Utah 2d 408 - State v. Jackson

2. “... The constitutional protection afforded one relative to a speedy trial has no application until after a prosecution is instituted. See Foley v. United States, 8 Cir., 290 F.2d 562 , cert. den. 368 U.S. 888 , 82 S.Ct. 139 , 7 L.Ed.2d 88 (1961), holding that prosecution is not instituted until an indictment is returned or an information is filed. .. .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Moore

3. “Initially, it is within the sound discretion of the trial court to determine whether the inflammatory nature of such slides is outweighed by their probative value with respect to a fact in issue. If the latter they may be admitted even though gruesome.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 22 Utah 2d 408 - State v. Jackson