State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Here, it is highly probable that the [alleged] error did not contribute to the verdict. Indeed, the trial court specifically instructed the jury [prior to introduction of the evidence that it was offered only to show the existence of a criminal street gang and Lang's association with it]. All things considered, including the [overwhelming] strength of the [s]tate's evidence [of Lang's gang affiliation] in this case, we conclude that it is highly probable that the [alleged] error ... did not contribute to the verdict[ ]."”

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