State v. Butler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he other thing [defense counsel] said to you — I do not want you to be left with the wrong impression — he said that [Dolphin] has lied to other juries. Well, let me tell you. ladies and gentlemen. I wish I could tell you what other juries decided, but I am not allowed to .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Butler, No. Cr6-394761 (Jul. 10, 2001)

2. “[t]he prosecutor neither objected to this statement when it was made, nor did he object at the conclusion of defense counsel's closing argument, nor did he request a curative instruction or some other remedy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Butler, No. Cr6-394761 (Jul. 10, 2001)

3. “The prosecutors's misconduct constituted a willful violation of an order of the trial court and a deliberate attempt to improperly influence the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Butler, No. Cr6-394761 (Jul. 10, 2001)