Anthony v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n issue that is not presented or ruled on by the trial court is not preserved for appellate review.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wallace v. State · Maddox v. State

2. “(1) the State, including any part of the prosecution team, possessed evidence favorable to the defendant; (2) the defendant did not possess the favorable evidence and could not * obtain it himself with any reasonable diligence; (3) the State suppressed the favorable evidence; and (4) a reasonable probability exists that the outcome of the trial would have been different had the evidence been disclosed to the defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burgess v. Hall

3. “did not specifically raise the issue of whether the photographic lineup procedures were flawed”

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