State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n any criminal proceeding before a court or grand jury ... if a person refuses to answer questions or produce evidence of any kind on the ground that he may be incriminated thereby, and if the prosecuting attorney, in writing, and with the written approval of the Attorney General, requests the court to order that person to answer the questions or produce the evidence and the court after notice to the witness and hearing shall so order, unless it finds to do so would be clearly contrary to the public interest, that person shall comply with the order.”

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

2. “The issue of bias resulting from “dealing” between the prosecution and the witness was substantially explored on cross-examination. The inquiry was conditioned only by the constitutional right of the witness to refrain from discussing the specifics of prior criminal activity. The Defendant’s constitutional right to confront and impeach the witnesses against him does not guarantee unrestricted admission into evidence of all material of an impeaching nature. 5 Id. at 485 (citations omitted).”

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

3. “it is proper to allow cross-examination not only to the existence of the arrangement, but also to the extent of the benefit which the witness is likely to obtain as a result of his co-operating testimony. Id. at 483 .”

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