McCoy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"COUNT III ... [the defendant] did perform or submit to sexual intercourse with [E.W.], a child who was at least twelve (12) years of age, but under the age of sixteen (l6) years of age, COUNT IV ... [the defendant] did perform or submit to deviate sexual conduct, an act involving a sex organ of one person and the mouth or anus of another with [E.W.], a child who was at least twelve (12) years of age, but under the age of sixteen (16) years of age,....””

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

2. “extremely narrow, and applies only when the error constitutes a blatant violation of basic principles, the harm or potential for harm is substantial, and the resulting error denies the defendant fundamental due process The error claimed must either make a fair trial impossible or constitute clearly blatant violations of basic and elementary principles of due process. This exception is available only in egregious cireum-stances.”

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

3. “[a] prosecutor's comments can be prejudicial if they have an impact .on the jury's ability to judge the evidence fairly.”

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