State v. Manthey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “Caulfield objected to the admission of the report based on the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Crawford. "). Nevertheless, the State does not specifically ask us to apply a standard other than that articulated by Tscheu, under which we examine whether the verdict can be said to be surely unattributable to the errors. For purposes of this case, we therefore apply this higher standard to assess prejudice under the third prong. [19] This record likely would have been admissible under the business or public records exceptions, Minn. R. Evid. 803(6), (8). In the absence of an objection, the State was not given the opportunity to establish the admissibility of the transfer record under these exceptions. [1] The medical examiner used the term "homicidal violence”

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

2. “the trial error must have been so clear under applicable law at the time of conviction, and so prejudicial to the defendant's right to a fair trial, that the defendant's failure to object—and thereby present the trial court with an opportunity to avoid prejudice— should not forfeit his right to a remedy”

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

3. “references to prior incarceration of a defendant can be unfairly prejudicial”

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