State v. Dubois’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well settled that a decision to pass a case and declare a mistrial are matters left to the sound discretion of the trial justice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Leron Porter · State v. Joshua Rathbun

2. “the trial justice has a front row seat during the trial so that [he or she] can best evaluate the effects of any prejudice on the jury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. John Cavanaugh · State v. Joshua Rathbun

3. “[t]he ruling of the trial justice * * * is accorded great weight and will not be disturbed on appeal unless clearly wrong.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Leron Porter · State v. John Cavanaugh