Prevo 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. “Although a defendant is allowed a broad range in contesting the credibility of the witness, we believe the evidence was properly refused. That there was no physical evidence of a prior rape does not mean that the rape did not occur, nor does it mean that the complainant lied and falsely accused another.”

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

2. “(a) A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he: (1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful.”

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