State v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While we do not believe remarks made by the prosecutor were so prejudicial as to amount to a denial of a fair trial, we do note with disapproval counsel’s comment upon the failure of the defense to call witnesses to support de fendant’s alibi. * * * [W]e indicated that such argument by the prosecution, while not necessarily warranting a new trial, does not meet with the approval of this court. In this instance, the trial court’s carefully worded instructions to the jury adequately prevented any prejudice to defendant from occurring as a result of counsel’s indiscretion.”

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

2. ““* * * [W]e are not prepared to say that in every situation where identification witnesses may be used, their testimony should be filtered or tested by a pretrial proceeding.” 289 Minn. 193 , 183 N. W. 2d 539 .”

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