State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the statement was, in fact, voluntary and unresponsive to the prosecutor’s questioning ■ if • the prosecutor asked the' question or whether the prosecution “deliberately'attempted to elicit” the comments; (2) whether the statement was singular and isolated, and whether it was emphasized or magnified ■ by the prosecution; (3) whether the remarks were vague and indefinite, or whether they made specific reference to crimes committed by the accused; ’ (4) whether the court promptly sustained defense counsel’s objection to the statement arid instructed the jury-to disregard the volunteered- statement; and (5)- whether in view of the other evidence’presented and the strength of the State’s case, ■ it appeared that the comment “played a decisive role in the determination of guilt.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Russell

2. “Ordinarily, `we review trial court decisions regarding the admissibility of evidence for prejudice, not mere error, and will reverse only if the error was so prejudicial that it deprived the defendant of a fair trial.'”

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

3. “Though the scope and extent of cross-examination in criminal cases rests largely in the discretion of the trial judge, evidence of other crimes, if erroneously admitted, is presumed to be prejudicial.”

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