Lilly v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “All relevant evidence is admissible, except as otherwise provided by statute or by these rules or by other rules applicable in the courts of this State. Evidence which is not relevant is not admissible.” Id. 15 . Id. at 403. Rule 403 states:”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Floudiotis v. State · Edwards v. State

2. “The official commentary to the Delaware Criminal Code states that Subsection [b][l] provides the “standard” statutory elements definition of included offenses. Delaware Criminal Code with Commentary, 15 (1973) ... This Court has recognized the propriety of using the “statutory elements” test to determine lesser-included offenses. See Ward v. State, Del.Supr., 575 A.2d 1156, 1158-59 (1990). This Court’s holding in Ward , however, can most accurately be characterized as deciding that one proper focus under 11 Del.C. § 206(b) is on the statutory elements of the offenses, i.e., Section 206(b)(1).”

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

3. “[The defendant] failed to establish a factual basis demonstrating the relevance of [the decedent’s] conduct. While evidence of [the decedent’s] blood alcohol content or level of impairment from cocaine may have been probative of her conduct that night, such evidence is not relevant if it was not asserted at trial that [the decedent’s] conduct was a cause of the accident. 23”

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