State v. Hopperstad’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
May 1997
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boland v. Morrill
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether material exists which tends to negate evidence of defendant’s guilt. If, in the trial court’s discretion, the defendant’s needs outweigh the need for confí- dentiality of the reports, those portions of the file should lose their protection. The trial court cannot rule that the entire file is protected without first reviewing it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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