Schmutz v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the nature of the evidence supporting the verdict, the character of the alleged error and how it might be considered in connection with other evidence in the case, and may include whether the State emphasized the error and whether overwhelming evidence of guilt was present.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Proenza v. State

2. “testimony, physical evidence, jury instructions, the State's theories and any defensive theories, closing arguments, and voir dire, if applicable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Proenza v. State

3. “A structural error affects the framework within which the trial proceeds, rather than simply an error in the trial process itself[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. State