State v. Perbix’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In State v. Perbix, this Court stated: As a general rule, with few exceptions, a defendant in a criminal prosecution has no right to compel the State to grant immunity to defense witnesses. (Citation omitted.) Although a prosecutor may not interfere with a defense witness in an attempt to prevent or discourage the witness from testifying, e.g., United States v. Morrison, 535 F.2d 223 (3d Cir.1976), absent such misconduct by the prosecutor a defendant has no right to compel the State to dismiss charges against or to grant immunity to a defense witness.”

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

2. “a court may immunize a witness only upon written request by the prosecuting attorney with the approval of the attorney general.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of Contempt of Grajedas