State v. Kennerly’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. “(C) Documents and Tangible Objects. Upon request of the defendant the prosecution shall permit the defendant to inspect and copy books, papers, documents, photographs, tangible objects, buildings or places, or copies or portions thereof, which are within the possession, custody or control of the prosecution, and which are material to the preparation of his defense or are intended for use by the prosecution as evidence in chief at the trial, or were obtained from or belong to the defendant.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hill · State v. Proctor

2. “[Rule 5] is [not] designed to displace the adversary system as the primary means by which truth is uncovered, but rather to ensure that a miscarriage of justice does not occur. Furthermore, the prosecutor’s role transcends that of an adversary because he is the representative not of an ordinary party to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose interest in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done.”

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