State v. Meldahl’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 1989
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Klotter · State v. Warren
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The decision of a trial court on a motion for new trial will not be disturbed on appeal except upon a showing of a clear abuse of discretion. It must be shown that newly discovered evidence would materially affect the result and could not have been discovered before trial by due diligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lynne
How this case has been treated — in progress
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