Holmes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whether rooted directly in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or in the Compulsory Process or Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment, the Constitution guarantees criminal defendants a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense.” (quoting Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 690 , 106 S.Ct. 2142, 2146 , 90 L.Ed.2d 636 (1986)) (internal quotations and citations omitted)); see also California v. Trombetta, 467 U.S. 479 , 486 n. 6, 104 S.Ct. 2528 , 2532 n. 6, 81 L.Ed.2d 413 (1984) (”

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

2. “distinction between the general rule in Rule 103(a)(2) and the case in which the defendant is not permitted to question a State's witness about matters that might affect the witness's credibility.”

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