Oldham v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Invited errors are not subject to appellate review, and a party therefore may not invite error, and then subsequently argue that the error requires reversal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. M.T. v. State · MT v. State

2. “The fundamental error exception is extremely narrow. To qualify as fundamental error, an error must be so prejudicial to the rights of the defendant as to make a fair trial impossible. To be fundamental error, the error must constitute a blatant violation of basic principles, the harm or potential for harm must be substantial, and the resulting error must deny the defendant fundamental due process.”

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

3. “with respect to either the statutory elements of the challenged crimes or the actual evidence used to convict, the essential elements of one challenged offense also establish the essential elements of another challenged offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alain Kiiwon Powell, Jr. v. State of Indiana