State v. McNeil’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T.L.M.], this means that you’re not a virgin anymore. Her first sexual experience, not as an adult, not on her wedding night, not in college, not even in high school. As an eight year old, as a nine year old, as a ten year old. You can’t take away the burden that [T.L.M.] will carry with her the rest of her life. You can’t give her back her childhood. You can’t give her back her virginity. But you can give her justice.”

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

2. “[A]n intentional elicitation of impermissible testimony, although erroneous, will warrant reversal only when it is likely that the impermissible testimony substantially weighed on the jury's decision.”

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

3. “The state has a duty to prepare its witnesses, prior to testifying, to avoid inadmissible or prejudicial statements.”

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