People v. Ranghelle’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “'a right sense of justice' entitles a defendant to inspect the prior statements of a prosecution witness, prior to cross-examination, whether or not his statements vary from his testimony on the stand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rafael Flores v. Joseph Demskie, Superintendent of Woodbourne Correctional Facility

2. “Statements are not the 'duplicative equivalent' of previously produced statements, however, just because they are 'harmonious' or 'consistent' with them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rafael Flores v. Joseph Demskie, Superintendent of Woodbourne Correctional Facility

3. “[w]hen the People delay in producing Rosario material, the reviewing court must ascertain whether the defense was substantially prejudiced by the delay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mayo v. Henderson