State v. Olkon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 district · 80 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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “no matter how involved the government is in inducing the commission of a crime, the defense of entrapment [fails] if the government can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was predisposed to commit the crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Garcia · State v. Johnson

2. “O: You don't look sick. But with Coifman on, anybody's sick. Is something really wrong with you? P: Ah, well, not really. But they decided that I should ah — that I maybe I could get something out of it so they said I should come and see ya. O: Well, I don't want to know anything about that. P: Then I won't tell you anything about that. * * * * * * O: Ah, what I am concerned about is because under no fault insurance, you need one of three things, in order to qualify for a — for a personal injury lawsuit. 1 — you have to lose at least 2 months from work, but that's not gonna be the case, as neither one of you were working at the time of the accident. Or — 2 — if you have ah, up to $4,000 worth of medical bills, or hospital medication bills, which if you see Coifman, won't be a problem. I mean, I, I, I've never met that guy, and I don't want to meet him, but, ah, I guess I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. Cause I'm unhappy with him, ya know. And the third thing is to have a permanent injury and that you'll probably have, cause Coifman finds permanent injury. * * * * * * O: You're hurting, in pain, possibly hospitalized. P: Don't laugh.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of Olkon

3. “"If accuracy remains an issue, a foundation may first be laid by having the person who prepared the transcripts testify that he has listened to the recordings and accurately transcribed their contents. Because the need for transcripts is generally caused by two circumstances, inaudibility of portions of the tape under the circumstances in which it will be replayed or the need to identify the speakers, it may be appropriate, in the sound discretion of the trial judge, to furnish the jurors with copies of a transcript to assist them in listening to the tapes. In the ordinary case this will not be prejudicially cumulative. Transcripts should not ordinarily be read to the jury or given independent weight. The trial judge should carefully instruct the jury that differences in meaning may be caused by such factors as the inflection in a speaker's voice or inaccuracies in the transcript and that they should, therefore, rely on what they hear rather than on what they read when there is a difference. Transcripts should not ordinarily be admitted into evidence unless both sides stipulate to their accuracy and agree to their use as evidence. "”

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