Black v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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. “To demonstrate harmful error, the defendant must show prejudice under circumstances which manifest inherent unfairness and injustice or conduct which offends the public sense of fair play.”

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

2. “In this case, however, we find the court's decision was based on the unsupportable premise that the State acted in good faith when it failed to comply with the discovery order.”

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

3. “We recognize only two exceptions to that rule: when the issue raises jurisdictional questions or it is of such a fundamental nature that it must be considered.”

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