State v. Destefano’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If at any time during the course of the proceeding it is brought to the attention of the court that a party has failed to comply with an applicable discovery rule ..., the court may order such party to make disclosure of material and information not previously disclosed, grant a continuance, exclude such evidence, or enter such other order as it deems just under the circumstances .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Missouri v. Danielle Ann Zuroweste · State ex rel. Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney v. Prokes

2. ““A trial court abuses its discretion when a ruling is clearly against the logic of the circumstances then before the court and is .so arbitrary and unreasonable as to shock the sense of justice and indicate a lack of careful consideration; if reasonable people can differ about the propriety of the action taken by the trial court, then it cannot be said that the trial court abused its discretion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Cox

3. “As a matter of law, no abuse of discretion exists when the court refuses to allow the late endorsement of a defense witness whose testimony would have been cumulative [or] collateral, or if the late endorsement would have unfairly surprised the State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Vickers