State v. Rowe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. this Court will not consider the alleged error on appeal and grant a new trial except in circumstances where the error at trial was so highly prejudicial and calculated to result in injustice that an unjust verdict would inevitably result or when it is apparent from a review of all the record that the accused has not had the impartial trial to which under the law he is entitled. State v. Rowe, Me., 238 A.2d 217, 225 (1968).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kilton · State v. Chaplin

2. “Jurors are at liberty to use their senses of observation and draw inferences as to the age of an accused or witness from his physical appearance, and such will fill the evidentiary void otherwise present *Page 25 where no verbal or written testimony of age is introduced into evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Zihlavsky · 488 So. 2d 24 - Barnett v. State

3. ““[a]n appeal from a judgment, whenever taken, preserves for review any claim of error in the record including any claim of error in . the denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal . . ..” (emphasis added)”

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