Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The proper extent of appellate review for an unpreserved claim of constitutional error is a question of law that we review de novo.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ranstead · Young v. State

2. “exceptional situation where reversal is necessary to preserve the integrity of the judicial process or to prevent a miscarriage of justice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wendy Christine Williams v. State of Alaska · Brown v. State

3. “defendant must raise an objection in the trial court in order to preserve that argument for appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ranstead · Goldsbury v. State