State v. DeWitt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “false or specific testimony or a specific result,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Foster v. State · 130 Wis. 2d 313 - State v. Nerison

2. “A promise of immunity, lenient treatment, prosecutorial abstinence, or favor ordinarily is viewed merely as removing a possible barrier to a willing response to the testimonial call of a witness. The promise goes only to the credibility of the promisee, not to the admissibility or competency of the testimony. State v. Houston, 206 N.W.2d 687, 690 (Iowa 1973); see Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 155 , 92 S.Ct. 763, 766 , 31 L.Ed.2d 104, 109 (1972); McDonald v. State, 249 Ark. 506, 507 , 459 S.W.2d 806, 807 (1970); Evans v. State, 222 Ga. 392, 403 , 150 S.E.2d 240, 248 , cert. denied, 385 U.S. 953 , 87 S.Ct. 336 , 17 L.Ed.2d 231 (1966); People v. West, 54 Ill. App.3d 903, 906 , 370 N.E.2d 265, 269 , 12 Ill.Dec. 642, 646 (1977); Coleman v. State, 264 Ind. 64, 67 , 339 N.E.2d 51, 54 (1975); State v. McGlynn, 292 Minn. 405, 409 , 195 N.W.2d 583, 585 (1972); State v. Woods, 346 Mo. 538, 546 , 142 S.W.2d 87, 90 (1940); State v. Crepeault, 126 Vt. 338, 340 , 229 A.2d 245, 246 (1967); cert. denied, 389 U.S. 915 , 88 S.Ct. 249 , 19 L.Ed.2d 267 , appeal dismissed, 390 U.S. 38 , 88 S.Ct. 833 , 19 L.Ed.2d 813 (1968); (other cites omitted).”

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

3. “"Upon voir dire and cross-examination this defendant’s counsel developed for the jury all the facts in the light most favorable to defendant. That the accomplices had spun several inconsistent prior versions of defendant’s participation did not contaminate their testimony, but went to the weight, if any, to be given it.” DeWitt, 286 N.W.2d at 385 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 136 Wis. 2d 37 - State v. Nerison