State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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. ““[State’s Attorney]: Sergeant, how would you describe . . . Latour as a witness? “[Defense Counsel]: Excuse me? “The Court: Do you have an objection? “[Defense Counsel]: He didn’t see him testify. How can he describe him as a witness? “[State’s Attorney]: I’m talking about the investigation. . . . As far as your investigation of this incident goes, would you—how would you characterize . . . Latour? “[Turner]: I would characterize him as reliable and consistent. “[Defense Counsel]: I move to strike that, Your Honor. That—the—that’s a conclusory opinion, ‘reliable and consistent.’ It has nothing to do with his observations of the witness. It’s his analysis of what he feels the witness’ statements are. “The Court: Well, it’s responsive to the question that was asked. I didn’t hear an objection. I was sort of expecting one and I didn’t get one, and so I think it’s too late at this point. But it was responsive to the way the question was asked to him. “[Defense Counsel]: I would move to strike it then, Your Honor. As it’s not a proper opinion for this witness to give. “The Court: Well, it’s too late.””

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