State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The remedy in tMs situation depends entirely on the nature of the records excluded. For tMs reason, if tMs were the only issue involved, tMs ease would be remanded to the Superior Court with instructions that the court produce and review in camera all records maintained by DCF regarding this witness. If the court found that those records would create a basis for an attack on this witness’s credibility, defendant would be granted a new trial. If the records from DCF did not reveal any information that adversely reflected on this witness’s credibility, the judgment of conviction would be affirmed.” Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Holmes

2. “PROSECUTOR: “Upon learning this information, what was your reaction? What was your response? JANIKUAK: “As to what she said to me? PROSECUTOR: “Yes, without saying what she said. JANIKUAK: “I was very cautious to make sure that what she was telling me was the truth because we’re trained to be sure that just because someone makes an allegation does not mean it’s true.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. State

3. “Just as a reviewing court should not pick out one isolated statement from a slew of jury instructions without considering all the jury instructions as a whole, * * * so too should it not pick one isolated statement in a witness's testimony out of context from the whole of it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. John Cavanaugh