State v. Gamage’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ . . . that, except in exceptional circumstances and to prevent manifest injustice, we will decline to treat the issue [of the sufficiency of all the evidence to sustain a verdict of defendant’s guilt] as raised unless the ‘foundation’ has been properly laid at trial level.” (p. 348)”

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

2. ““However, upon consideration of the whole evidence, we may add that the jury was warranted in believing beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty as the jury did find.””

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

3. ““[m]indful of the uncertainty suggested in State v. Morton (1972-Me.) 290 A.2d 371, 373 (Footnote 2) . . . ” (p. 348),”

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