State v. Marin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he trial court is required to charge only the current and correct law of South Carolina.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Grier · State v. Williams

2. “Moreover, '[t]o warrant reversal, a trial judge's refusal to give a requested jury charge must be both erroneous and prejudicial to the defendant.'”

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

3. “In reviewing jury charges for error, we must consider the court's jury charge as a whole in light of the evidence and issues presented at trial.”

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