State v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Subject at all times to the authority of the presiding judge to control the conduct of proceedings before the court to ensure decorum and prevent distractions and to ensure the fair administration of justice in the pending cause, electronic media and still photography coverage of public judicial proceedings in the trial and appellate courts of this state shall be allowed in accordance with rules of proce dure and technology promulgated by the Supreme Court of Iowa.”

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

2. “(a) General Rule. For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that he has been convicted of a crime, except on a plea of nolo contendere, is admissible but only if the crime, (1) was punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year under the law under which he was convicted, or (2) involved dishonesty or false statement regardless of the punishment unless (3), in either case, the judge determines that the probative value of the evidence of the crime is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 Wash. App. 158 - State v. Zibell

3. “Error in the admission of hearsay is presumed to be prejudicial unless the contrary is affirmatively established. Although not specifically.in the hearsay context, we have stated that prejudice will not be found where substantially the same evidence is in the record without objection.”

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