People v. Pugh’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. “[U]pholding denial of postconviction DNA testing in single assailant rape case on grounds that `the absence of defendant's semen on the tested material . . . would not have exonerated or tended to exonerate defendant.'”

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

2. “the absence of defendant's semen on the tested material ... would not have exonerated or tended to exonerate defendant”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 802 So. 2d 1173 - Galloway v. State