State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

502 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 502 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “view the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court's ruling and assume that the trial court made implicit findings of fact that support its ruling as long as those findings are supported by the record.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oprean v. State · Reyes-Perez v. State

2. “because it is the trial court that observes first hand the demeanor and appearance of a witness, as opposed to an appellate court which can only read an impersonal record.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ramirez v. State · McFadden v. State

3. “based on an evaluation of credibility and demeanor,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Texas v. Mazuca, Alvaro · Oprean v. State