State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'decide whether the prosecutorial acts complained of fall outside the wide latitude afforded prosecutors to conduct the State's case and attempt to obtain a conviction in a manner that does not offend the defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial.'”

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

2. “'the totality of circumstances substantially prejudiced a defendant and denied the defendant a fair trial based on cumulative error.'”

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

3. “'may be so great as to require reversal of a defendant's conviction.'”

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