Lopez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * The purpose of this voir dire examination is to raise alleged bias `from the realm of speculation to the realm of fact.' Dennis v. United States, 339 U.S. 162, 168 , 70 S.Ct. 519, 521 , 94 L.Ed. 734 (1950). It is designed to explore the possible grounds for challenges for cause under our statutes." 544 P.2d at 860 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gresham v. State · Patterson v. State

2. ““When [sexual assault] prosecutions present close evidentiary questions, they do so not because a victim — generally a woman — claims to have been sexually assaulted or abused, but because the alleged crime took place in evanescent circumstances difficult to reconstruct in court, a happenstance which may plague prosecution of any crime involving specific intent, and which is indeed a typical occurrence in such nonsexual crimes as fraud and narcotics transactions.” Lopez v. State, supra, 544 P.2d at 868 (Raper, J., concurring), quoting People v. Rincon-Pineda, 14 Cal.3d 864 , 123 Cal.Rptr. 119 , 538 P.2d 247, 260 (1975). “Because a witness may be a rape victim is no reason why she should be visited with condemnation, on the one hand, or clothed with sanctity, upon the other.” Lopez v. State, supra, 544 P.2d at 869 (Raper, J., concurring) citing Taylor v. State, 257 Ind. 664 , 278 N.E.2d 273 (1972).”

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

3. “"The appellants' contention is founded upon constitutional mandates. The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees to the accused in all criminal prosecutions a `* * * public trial by an impartial jury * * *.' Art. I, § 10, Wyoming Constitution, provides in that regard as follows: "`In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right * * * to a speedy trial by an impartial jury * *.' "This Court does not question the foundamental principle that parties to any action are entitled to a fair and impartial jury. Vivion v. Brittain, Wyo., 510 P.2d 21 (1973); and Redwine v. Fitzhugh, 78 Wyo. 407 , 329 P.2d 257 , 72 A.L.R.2d 664 (1958), reh. den. 78 Wyo. 426 , 330 P.2d 112 (1958)."”

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