State v. Mort’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Generally, a trial court's decision to exclude testimony is reviewed for an abuse of discretion, granting substantial deference to the trial court's decision.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Huckleberry · State v. Roux

2. “The trial court has a duty to impose a sentence on a case-by-case basis, and to fashion the punishment to both the crime and the criminal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Huck v. State · State v. Betts

3. “his rights to due process, a fair trial, to compulsory process, and to present a defense, as guaranteed by the 6th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article I, §§ 10 and 18(a) of the Missouri Constitution, in that this evidence was relevant and material, and it was admissible under § 577.021.3 as exculpatory evidenced]”

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