State v. Dunlap’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The opening statement created the impression that petitioner had no prior connection to the sale of narcotics. In reality, petitioner was not a mere drug user, but an individual who sought to `elevate' his status to that of a drug dealer.... We therefore agree ... that petitioner's counsel opened the door to the introduction of evidence rebutting the contention that petitioner was merely an addict.”

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

2. “Because we find that counsel opened the door to the admission of petitioner's prior drug record, we need not reach the issue whether these convictions were admissible to impeach petitioner's credibility under Rule 609, [SCRE].”

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

3. “hooked on crack and had a problem with it,”

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