State v. Carmichael’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 104 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 107 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A defendant has a constitutionally protected privilege to request and obtain from the prosecution evidence that is material to the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Suppression of such evidence is a violation of the defendant’s Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 , 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 , 83 S. Ct. 1194 (1963). Prosecutors are under a positive duty, independent of court order, to disclose exculpatory evidence to a defendant. To justify a reversal of a conviction for failure to disclose evidence, the evidence withheld by the prosecution must be clearly exculpatory and the withholding of the evidence must be clearly prejudicial to the defendant.””

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Stevens · State v. Beebe

2. “a matter of discretion whether the trial court permits either or both of the parties to reopen a case for introduction of additional evidence after having rested. [Citation omitted.]”

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

3. “An abuse of discretion exists only when no reasonable man would take the view adopted by the trial court.”

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