Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “I would find that indicative of a drug dealer.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fennell v. State · Dumas v. State

2. “[the officer] never testified or offered a conclusion about whether the [defendant] was a drug dealer or that she was guilty of any particular offense. The officer's testimony merely informed the jury about the meaning and significance of certain items of physical evidence collected at the seene, and left the ultimate conclusion for the jury.”

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

3. “[t]estimony need not be excluded unless it contains 'an actual conclusion about the guilt or innocence of the accused party,'”

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