State v. Boston’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “counsel has affirmatively acted in a manner precluding a finding that the failure to object was a product of inadvertence or negligence, such as by affirmatively stating that the defendant has no objection to the admission of particular evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Evans · State v. West

2. “We exercise our discretion to review for plain error only where the appellant asserting error establishes facially substantial grounds for believing that the trial court's error was evident, obvious, and clear, and that manifest injustice or a miscarriage of justice has resulted.”

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

3. “it must exclude that evidence if the prejudicial effect ... outweighs other considerations that make evidence useful to prove an issue in that case.”

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