State v. Waddy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

847 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 855 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a witness has been confronted with a suspect before trial, due process requires a court to suppress her identification of the suspect if the confrontation was unnecessarily suggestive of the suspect's guilt and the identification was unreliable under all the circumstances.”

   21 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Nicholson, L-08-1136 (2-6-2009) · State v. Neal, L-07-1141 (4-10-2009)

2. “The evidence is material only if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A `reasonable probability' is a probability sufficient to undermine the * * * outcome.”

   21 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Frazier, Unpublished Decision (7-11-2005) · State v. Wickard, Unpublished Decision (11-20-2006)

3. “is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carmen, Ca2007-06-030 (11-10-2008) · 143 Ohio App. 3d 91 - State v. Jeffers