State v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Defendant contends that this information suggested to the jury that defendant was involved in prior criminal conduct. It is true that when a defendant is initially identified from photographs at the police station, the jury may infer that he has at least a prior arrest record. The only evidence in this case connecting defendant to the crime, however, was the eyewitness identification testimony. If the state had not been permitted to show the manner in which defendant was originally identified, it is quite possible that the jury would not have credited the identification testimony. Further, we think it is significant that the prosecutor tried to neutralize the prejudice by calling an officer from the identification unit who in the course of his testimony revealed that the unit took pictures not just of people who were arrested but also of people seeking licenses and permits. Under all the circumstances, we hold that there was no error.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Seefeldt · State v. Sutherlin