State v. Rogers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

74 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Corroborative testimony is testimony which tends to strengthen, confirm, or make more certain the testimony of another witness.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Adams · 168 N.C. App. 241 - State v. Dowdle

2. “A careful comparison of the testimony of the detective with that offered by the witness Moore indicates that the two are substantially the same account of the activities which occurred .... This same analysis clearly shows that the [detective’s] testimony . . . goes beyond that of Moore in one important respect: At no time did Moore testify that he actually saw defendant throw [the victim] over the side of the bridge. However, the clear implication of Moore’s testimony is that defendant did precisely that act. That Moore did not mention one act which was clearly a component of a series of interrelated acts does not in any way serve to abridge the probative force of the rest of his testimony.”

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

3. “The burden is on the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant did not act in the heat of passion upon adequate provocation, but rather that he acted with malice. If the State fails to meet this burden, the Defendant then can be guilty of no more than voluntary manslaughter.”

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