State v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 28 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If * * * the jurors indicate their intention to set aside any preconceived notions, and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the trial judge that they are able to do so, [an appellate court] will not lightly substitute its own judgment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Whittaker · State v. Larson

2. “Butch, don’t worry ... Listen, let me tell you what happened. This guy — I told you he had backed off. He didn’t seem to want to do it. He called me up and he said, “Do you still want to do that?” and I said, “Yeah.” I said O.K. I come home and that’s what I found. He was planning an accident, it was supposed to be an accident. I was so God damn mad — and it was gruesome.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Howard v. Pung

3. “is offered against a party and is * * * a statement by a co-conspirator of a party during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy.”

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