State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On motion of the prosecutor or the defendant, the [district] court must sever offenses or charges if: (a) the offenses or charges are not related; (b) before trial, the court determines severance is appropriate to promote a fair determination of the defendant’s guilt or innocence of each offense or charge; or (c) during trial, with the defendant’s consent or on a finding of manifest necessity, the court determines severance is necessary to fairly determine the defendant’s guilt or innocence of each offense or charge.”

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

2. “(1) the .state must give notice, of its intent to admit the evidence; (2) the state must clearly indicate what- the evidence will be offered to prove; (3) there must be clear and convincing evidence that the defendant participated in the prior act; (4) the evidence must be rele-r vant and material to the state’s case; and (5) the probative value of the evidence must not be outweighed by its potential prejudice to the defendant.”

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

3. “[T]he doctrine of stare decisis directs that we adhere to former decisions in order that there might be stability in the law.”

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