State v. Edge’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although the remedy of a mistrial is permitted under the rules of practice, it is not favored. [A] mistrial should be granted only as a result of some occurrence upon the trial of such a character that it is apparent to the court that because of it a party cannot have a fair trial ... and the whole proceedings are vitiated.... If curative action can obviate the prejudice, the drastic remedy of a mistrial should be avoided.”

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

2. “the trial court's extensive cautionary instructions to the jury made it clear that the court's ruling on the motion did not constitute an opinion regarding the credibility of the state's witnesses or the defendant's guilt”

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