State v. Cavan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “forcefully conveys to a jury the overriding impression of a defendant's dangerousness and ... by extension, his or her guilt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Sperou · State v. Jaime

2. “to a large extent, the trial itself, are in the control of the [facility's] administrators and corrections personnel.”

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

3. “that the public, as a general matter, is unlikely to visit,”

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