State v. Winkle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “. our statutory and firmly established decisional law is that this Court should not reverse a case and require a new trial merely because there has been some error or irregularity, but only if it is substantial and prejudicial in that it has resulted in an injustice, or at least that there is a reasonable likelihood that in its absence there would have been a result more favorable to the complaining party, [at p. 83]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Turner · State v. Wells

2. “The question thus posed is whether the defendant, in awareness of his rights, and in circumstances where he was free to choose, knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to remain silent and to have counsel. It is both the prerogative and the duty of the trial court to make that determination. [Emphasis added.]”

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