Nicely v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]rial courts retain wide latitude to impose reasonable limits on cross-examination .... The permissible scope of cross-examination is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and we review a limitation of the scope of cross-examination only for abuse of discretion.”

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

2. “[T]rial courts retain wide latitude to impose reasonable limits on cross-examination based on concerns about, among other things, interrogation that is only marginally relevant.”

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

3. “Sixth Amendment right to confrontation ... is not an absolute right that mandates unlimited questioning by the defense”

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