State v. Bonnett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

70 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[a] motion in limine is insufficient to preserve for appeal the question of the admissibility of evidence if the defendant fails to further object to that evidence at the time it is offered at trial.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 677 - Clarke, ex rel v. Mikhail · 200 N.C. App. 322 - State v. Raynor

2. “In Batson the United States Supreme Court set out a three-pronged test to determine whether a prosecutor impermissibly excluded prospective jurors on the basis of their race.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 260 N.C. App. 394 - State v. Hobbs · State v. Tirado

3. ““A defendant is entitled to have a lesser-included offense submitted to the jury only when there is evidence to support that lesser-included offense.... If the State’s evidence establishes each and every element of first-degree murder and there is no evidence to negate these elements, it is proper for the trial court to exclude second-degree murder from the jury’s consideration.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 89 F. Supp. 2d 693 - Frye v. Lee