State v. DeYoung’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “By questioning the rationale behind the CRIMJIGs and by endorsing the practice of the federal courts, which require a specific limiting instruction when requested, [the supreme court’s decision in] Broulik can be read to require that when a defendant requests a limiting instruction, the district court must give such an instruction.”

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

2. “a reviewing court must examine all relevant factors to determine whether, beyond a reasonable doubt, the error did not have a significant impact on the verdict.... If the error might have prompted the jury to reach a harsher verdict than it might otherwise have reached, the defendant is entitled to a new trial.”

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