State v. Mireles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “firmly convinced that the jury would have reached a different verdict had the instruction error not occurred. The party claiming a clearly erroneous instruction maintains the burden to establish the degree of prejudice necessary for reversal.”

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

2. “Admission of photographs that are unduly repetitious and cumulative, or that are introduced solely for a prejudicial purpose, constitutes an abuse of discretion, albeit such a finding is rare in a murder case. [Citation omitted.]”

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

3. “It is necessary . . . for a prosecutor to say something 10 akin to 'the evidence shows defendant's guilt' in order to make a statement merely directional and not an expression of the prosecutor's personal opinion.”

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