Havens v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]fter the verdict, when Havens renewed his contention in the context of a motion for a new trial, the court should have reconsidered its prior ruling in light of the State’s failure to fulfill its promise to elicit testimony establishing Havens’ alcohol consumption as a factor in causing the collision. Havens persistently contended before, during and after the trial that the evidence was not relevant and that it would and did cause prejudice materially affecting his right to a fair trial.”

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

2. “[E]vidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Relevant evidence may include evidence bearing upon the credibility of a witness or hearsay declarant.”

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

3. “'natural tendency' to infect the entire proceedings with an unfairness which can only be remedied with a new trial.”

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