State v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A custodial interrogation is defined as questioning initiated by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his or her freedom in any significant way.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Regelman · State v. Guein

2. “'[T]o the extent that it is necessary to determine whether the district court's response was a correct statement of the law, we are presented with a legal question, subject to unlimited review. But when looking at which legally appropriate response the court should have made, we accord the trial court the deference of looking to whether no reasonable person would have given the response adopted by the trial court.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Blansett · State v. Bowser

3. “[A] district court's response to a mid-deliberation jury question is reviewed for abuse of discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gonzalez · State v. Bowser