State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 10 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “I suggest when you evaluate the credibility of these witnesses and their testimony you also consider something very important; the only witness who testified in this case who heard everybody else’s testimony before he gave his reason was the defendant. [The defendant] had the benefit of knowing what everybody else said before he testified. What opportunity did that give [the defendant] to testify as he did?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Walsh · State v. Rose

2. “A direct comment by the prosecutor that invites the jury to draw an adverse inference from the defendant’s presence at trial and his corresponding opportunity to hear all the witnesses testify is error. Although the prosecutor’s argument was improper, even constitutional errors need to be preserved at trial. State v. Saucier, 385 A.2d 44, 47 (Me.1978) (quoting State v. Pomerleau, 363 A.2d 692, 696 (Me.1976)). Following defendant’s original objection and the court’s curative instruction, defendant made no further objection and did not move for a mistrial. We find no error on the part of the Superior Court.”

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