State v. Thibodeaux’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 40 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To be timely, an objection to the admission of evidence must be made at the time it is actually introduced at trial.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 522 - State v. Sellers · State v. Ramey

2. ““The determinative factor is what the State’s evidence tends to prove. If the evidence is sufficient to fully satisfy the State’s burden of proving each and every element of the offense of murder in the first degree, including premeditation and deliberation, and there is no evidence to negate these elements other than defendant’s denial that he committed the offense, the trial judge should properly exclude from jury consideration the possibility of a conviction of second degree murder.””

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

3. “'[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.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 522 - State v. Sellers