Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 44 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When the trial court denies a motion to suppress evidence ..., the moving party must renew his objection to admission of the evidence at trial. If the moving party does not object to the evidence at trial, then any error is waived.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wright v. State · Redden v. State

2. “first direct appeal, Prewitt asked a police officer working undercover at a public housing complex if the officer would accept' his trade of steaks and cigarettes for cocaine. The officer followed Prewitt to his van, and when Prewitt’s accomplice showed the officer the steaks and cigarettes, the officer arrested Prewitt and his accomplice. Prewitt was charged with Class C felony conspiracy to possess cocaine in January 2000. The omnibus date was set for March’ 14, 2000. On November 15, 2000, eight months after the omnibus date, the State filed a motion to amend the information to add Count II, Class C felony attempted possession of cocaine. The State explained that the amendment “was based upon the very same fact circumstances. We’re not alleging new facts. We are simply alleging an alternative [to] the conspiracy conviction ... the Jury could also find that it legally fits the definition of an Attempt crime....” Id. at 867 . The trial court granted the motion after a hearing. At a pre-trial hearing on November 27, 2000, the State orally moved again to amend the information. The substance of the charges was not changed by this second amendment; however, the charges were elevated from Class C felonies to Class B felonies due to the proximity to the family housing unit. The trial court granted the State’s request to amend the charges, and Prewitt’s trial on the two Class B”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Troy Shaw v. State of Indiana

3. “When the trial court denies a motion to suppress evidence ..., the [defendant] must renew his objection to admission of the evidence at trial. If the [defendant] does not object to the evidence at trial, then any error is waived.”

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