State v. Bunnell’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williamson v. United States · State v. Lynch · State v. Hallenbeck · State v. Guerra · State v. Pacheco
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In this determination, the trial justice must consider the evidence in light of the jury charge, then independently assess the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence, and also ultimately determine whether he or she would have reached a result different from that reached by the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“if the trial justice does not agree with the jury verdict, 'he or she is required to proceed to a fourth step * * * to determine whether the verdict is against the fair preponderance of the evidence and fails to do substantial justice.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.