State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Our review of the record in the instant case reveals that defense counsel was put on notice of the State’s intent to argue punishment to the jury. Our courts have held it is not required that the prosecutor make a reference to a particular number of years in the opening half of his closing argument to ensure that the State may thereafter argue punishment in the closing argument.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Keely · State v. Manier

2. “[i]n this case defendant’s comment that he had never been to the Wick’s Furniture Store, when coupled with the submission into evidence of defendant’s fingerprint taken from a countertop, was evidence of consciousness of guilt and properly admissible. Id.”

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

3. ““The trial court erred in overruling [defendant’s] objections to certain statements made by [defendant] to Fran Jones prior to the alleged murder of Joe Robert Arnold in so far [sic] as said evidence was irrelevant, immaterial, and highly prejudicial.””

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