State v. Roesel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Also, in attempting to establish the bias of the State trooper, defendant asked the trooper if he banked at the same bank with Mr. Haight. Objection was sustained, and no further pursuit of this issue was made although defendant’s counsel had already established that the trooper had known Mr. Haight ‘a long time’. While bias or prejudice of a witness is a legitimate concern, the trial court is vested with broad discretion in regulating cross-examination. Absent a showing of an abuse of discretion, we will not interfere with the trial court’s ruling, [citing] State v. Howard, 564 S.W.2d 71 (Mo.App.1978) . . . Additionally, we observe the defendant’s counsel failed at trial to make any effort or offer before the trial court to establish the relevancy or materiality of his questioning or what the witness would state but chose, instead, to remain silent after the objections and rulings had been made. He is too late now in his complaint, [citing] Thayer v. Sommer, 356 S.W.2d 72 (Mo.1962); United States Fire Insurance Co. v. Madesco Investment Corp., 573 S.W.2d 442 (Mo.App.1978).””

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