State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The fact that a defendant limits his request for relief to that of a mistrial rather than making a request for a less drastic corrective action cannot aid him.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Eaton · State v. Vickers

2. “1) whether the statement was, in fact, voluntary and unresponsive to the prosecutor’s questioning or caused by the prosecutor; 2) whether the statement was singular and isolated, and whether it was emphasized or magnified by the prosecution; 3) whether the remarks were vague and indefinite, or whether they made specific reference to crimes committed by the accused; 4) whether the court promptly sustained defense counsel’s objection to the statement and instructed the jury to disregard the volunteered statement; and 5) whether, in view of the other evidence presented and the strength of the State’s case, it appeared that the comment played a decisive role in the determination of guilt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Missouri v. Daniel Dumond Brown, Sr.

3. “refers to throwing urine and feces, the statement does not reference any specific instance of Appellant doing so. At most, it references a reputation for doing so, which may or may not be well-deserved. Fourth, the trial court both promptly sustained the objection and offered to instruct the jury to disregard the testimony. While counsel for Appellant, again as a trial strategy decision, refused the instruction, that decision cannot bolster his case on appeal.”

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