State v. Fleming’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. “'a litigant who invites and leads a trial court into error will not be heard on appeal to complain of that action.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Pattillo · State v. Roberts

2. “the nature of the error . . . and the circumstances surrounding the drafting of instructions”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Roberts · State v. Cottrell

3. “The court will not consider issues not presented or fairly included in the petition.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Brazzle · In Re Interests A.A.-F.