State v. Stroman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Once appellant's counsel initiated the questioning concerning McDowell's prior acts of theft, the State was free to question him as to the details of any prior crime involving the stealing of money. The scope of redirect rests in the discretion of the trial court. State v. Tyner, 273 S.C. 646 , 258 S.E.2d 559 (1979). We hold the trial court properly admitted McDowell's testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Young · State v. Hawes

2. “Corroborative testimony is testimony which tends to strengthen, confirm, or make more certain the testimony of another witness. Evidence is admissible to corroborate the testimony of a previous witness, and whether it in fact corroborates the witness' testimony is a question for the jury.”

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

3. “Where one party introduces evidence as to a particular fact or transaction, the other party is entitled to introduce evidence in explanation or rebuttal thereof, even though [the] latter evidence would be incompetent or irrelevant had it been offered initially.”

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