State v. Bragg’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “detective's testimony that [the victim] appeared 'to be genuine' during his interview was a direct comment on [the victim's] truthfulness and, as such, clearly violated rule 608”

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

2. “The purpose of Rule 23B is for appellate counsel to put on evidence he or she now has, not to amass evidence that might help prove an ineffectiveness of counsel claim. To this end, appellate counsel is required to submit affidavit evidence setting forth nonspeculative facts showing the alleged deficient performance of trial counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 90 - State v. Seumanu

3. “In order to obtain a new trial under the doctrine of plain error, [a defendant] must show that the district court committed error, that the error should have been obvious to the district court, and that the error prejudiced [the defendant] by creating a reasonable likelihood of a less favorable result.”

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