752 So. 2d 435 - Ratcliff v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “where a party fails to cite case law in support of his argument, we are not bound to address his assertions of error.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 796 So. 2d 284 - Brunson v. State · 828 So. 2d 801 - Redhead v. Entergy Mississippi, Inc.

2. “Before a party may impeach a witness under Rule 613(b) there must be an actual contradiction in fact between the testimony and the prior statement. It is generally held that a prior statement is inconsistent if under any rational theory its introduction might lead to a conclusion different from the witness’s testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ames v. State · Williams v. State

3. “Following a trial held in the Lincoln County Circuit Court, the jury convicted Ratcliff of the lesser offense of manslaughter by culpable negligence.”

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