State v. Corey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'actual scientific evidence' " placed defendant's DNA on the victim's body when DNA evidence showed defendant could not be excluded from the DNA profile and the estimated probability of randomly selecting an unrelated male from the general population with the same partial DNA profile was 1 in 9). The prosecutor made the same egregious misstatement of probability with respect to the sample from the glove: "Again, 1 in 4, that's not a big probability; could be three of you in here. That's not how it works. Compared to the world, what is our world at this moment? Our [w]orld is three gentleman as our population. Well, let's compare it to the other two; not them. Not maybe not them, maybe probably not them, it is not their DNA. Therefore, it's the Defendant's. He's got DNA on a rubber glove.”

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

2. “beyond a reasonable doubt the error will not or did not affect the trial's outcome in light of the entire record, i.e., when there is no reasonable possibility the error contributed to the verdict.”

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

3. “(1) is arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable, i.e., if no reasonable person would have taken the view adopted by the trial court; (2) is based on an error of law, i.e., if the discretion is guided by an erroneous legal conclusion; or (3) is based on an error of fact, i.e., if substantial competent evidence does not support a factual finding on which a prerequisite conclusion of law or the exercise of discretion is based.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Jenkins