State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an appellate court examines the errors in context, considers how the district court judge addressed the errors, reviews the nature and number of errors and whether they are connected, and weighs the strength of the evidence.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Brown · State v. Watson

2. “'beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of will not or did not affect the outcome of the trial in light of the entire record.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Buck-Schrag · State v. Bodine

3. “'A prosecutor has wide latitude in crafting arguments and drawing 'reasonable inferences from the evidence but may not comment on facts outside the evidence.' Any argument 'must accurately reflect the evidence, accurately state the law, and cannot be "intended to inflame the passions or prejudices of the jury or to divert the jury from its duty to decide the case based on the evidence and the controlling law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Buck-Schrag · State v. Bodine