State v. Basden’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 51 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In accordance with defendant's request, the trial court instructed the jury as follows: There is evidence which tends to show that the defendant confessed that she committed the crime charged in this case. If you find that the defendant made that confession, then you should consider all of the circumstances under which it was made in determining whether it was a truthful confession and the weight you will give to it. Defendant did not object to this instruction. Our appellate courts”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 372 - State v. Mabe

2. “just prior to closing arguments defendant consented on the record to his attorney's decision to concede guilt to second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 N.C. App. 272 - State v. Forrest

3. “Having invited the error, defendant cannot now claim on appeal that he was prejudiced by the instruction.”

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