Gray v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 9 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is evidence of some logical, qualifying information to enhance the proffered evidence beyond speculative, farfetched theories that may potentially confuse the issues or mislead the jury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shannon Geary v. Commonwealth of Kentucky · White v. Com. of Ky.

2. “The decision to declare a mistrial is properly within the sound discretion of the trial court. A mistrial is an extreme remedy and should be resorted to only when there appears in the record a manifest necessity for such an action or an urgent or real necessity. A manifest necessity can be understood as to be an urgent need for a new trial in consideration of the totality of the circumstances. As such, a ruling declaring a mistrial will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion by the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Whaley v. Commonwealth

3. “[w]e show great deference to a trial court's evidentiary rulings and reverse only upon a finding of an abuse of discretion. So the trial court's ruling on this issue will be affirmed absent a showing that the trial court's ruling was arbitrary, unreasonable, unfair, or unsupported by legal principles.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shannon Geary v. Commonwealth of Kentucky