State v. Redwine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “so gruesome as to `overwhelm reason' and cause a jury to lose sight of the need for the prosecutor to establish with sufficient independent evidence the guilt of the accused.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 345 So. 2d 1157 - State v. Jones · 353 So. 2d 1001 - State v. Robinson

2. “Whenever the credibility of a witness is to be impeached by proof of any statement made by him contradictory to his testimony, he must first be asked whether he has made such statement, and his attention must be called to the time, place and circumstances, and to the person to whom the alleged statement was made, in order that the witness may have an opportunity of explaining that which is prima facie contradictory. If the witness does not distinctly admit making such statement, evidence that he did make it is admissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 533 So. 2d 989 - State v. Washington

3. “"This response amounted to little more than an opinion and did not constitute an admission of having made a prior inconsistent statement regarding any particular one of the many facts to which he testified at the trial; it told the trier of fact nothing of the nature or extent of his prior self-contradiction."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 360 So. 2d 844 - State v. Mosely