Walen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the evidence must be favorable to the defendant because it would have been either exculpatory or impeaching; (2) the evidence must have been suppressed by the prosecution, intentionally or otherwise; and (3) the evidence must be material—in other words, the absence of the evidence must have caused prejudice to the defendant.”

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

2. “there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”

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

3. “reasonable probability is one that is sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”

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