State v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Issues not addressed by a party's brief are considered waived, and we will not address those ... motions here.”). Because Ortega did not raise an issue of newly discovered evidence or ineffective assistance of counsel on appeal, those issues are not before us and we do not address them further. 5 .Ortega also submitted an affidavit from Senior. In that affidavit, Senior claims that he was ready and willing to testify on Ortega's behalf at his trial, but was”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Danny Ortega, Jr. v. State of Minnesota

2. “[t]he improper statement was only two sentences in a closing argument that amounted to over 20 transcribed pages”

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

3. “the misconduct, when considered in light of the whole trial, impaired the defendant's right to a fair trial.”

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