Cornet v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the actual degree of harm must be assayed in light of the entire jury charge, the state of the evidence, including the contested issues and weight of probative evidence, the argument of counsel and any other relevant information revealed by the record of the trial as a whole.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Braughton, Christopher Ernest

2. “Appellant's counsel did not mention the medical-care defense expressly or implicitly, and he appeared to disavow it by characterizing appellant's conduct as 'definitely inappropriate behavior,' and by arguing that 'inappropriate is not the question.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rogers, William

3. “It is clear that the jury believed the complainant and disbelieved [the defendant's] claims that he was only touching the complainant with his hand to provide medical care.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rogers, William