State v. Stapleton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. The names and last known addresses of persons whom the State intends to call as witnesses at any hearing or at the trial, together with their written or recorded statements, and existing memoranda reporting or summarizing part of, or all of, their oral statements. ... 5. Any police reports, statements of Defendant—either oral or written—line up information, reviews, notes and results, and the names of individuals in the line up. (Our emphasis).”

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

2. ““. . . [T]he rules of criminal discovery are not a mere etiquette but the festoons of due process. They are meant to allow a defendant a decent opportunity to prepare for trial and avoid surprise. State v. Johnson, 524 S.W.2d 97, 101 [7] (Mo. banc 1975). . . . Compliance with discovery is not at discretion; the obligation to make answer under the rules is peremptory. Rules 25.32, 25.37; State v. Buckner, 526 S.W.2d 387, 392 [3, 4] (Mo.App.1975).””

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

3. ““... [T]he state shall, upon written request of defendant’s counsel, disclose to defendant’s counsel such part or all of the following material and information within its possession or control designated in said request: * * * (2) Any written or recorded statements and the substance of any oral statements made by the defendant .....””

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