5 N.J. Super. 222 - State v. Dietz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In a criminal trial, considering the serious potentialities of a conviction, a defendant should not be required to contend with inadmissible evidence, where it appears that it may have a prejudicial effect upon a court or jury.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Goodman · 15 N.J. Super. 450 - State v. Bartell

2. ““It is obvious from the testimony of the police officer that the statement was not signed by the defendant, nor was it read over to- or by him. In addition, so far as revealed by the record, the first time that the statement was read in the presence of defendant was-at his trial, when he denied that part dealing with his being sexually maladjusted.””

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

3. ““Under authority of State v. Donato, supra, it was error for the court to admit the statement as a confession.””

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