Rivera v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The photographs were in black and white and the spots at the scene were blood according to the testimony describing in part what the photographs portrayed. Except for said testimony, it could not be ascertained from the photographs alone that the spots were blood. The photographs were not such as would inflame the minds of the jury. In light of the testimony describing the spots and an examination of the photographs as they appear in the record, it is concluded that no reversible error is shown.””

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