Newman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An appellee's failure to respond to an issue raised by an appellant is akin to failure to file a brief”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Upchurch v. State · Gravens v. State

2. “'at first sight, on first appearance, or on the face of it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gamble v. State · Harrison v. State

3. “An error is harmless if its probable impact on the jury, in light of all of the evidence in the case, is sufficiently minor so as not to affect the substantial rights of the parties. Reversal is required only if the record reveals that the improper evidence was likely to have had a prejudicial impact on the average juror such that it contributed to the verdict. The erroneous admission of evidence is harmless when there is substantial independent evidence of guilt such that it is unlikely that the erroneously admitted evidence played a role in the conviction.”

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