State v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... the videotape could have, in effect, provided the only “witness” capable of contradicting the officer’s testimony. This is particularly true in the light of Officer Stewart’s failure to advise Lyons of his right to a blood test. Under the circumstances in this case, including the DPS officer's failure to videotape Lyons, the trial court could have concluded that the officer intentionally failed to preserve evidence which would have been likely to exculpate the defendant and to have affected the outcome of the case. The trial court could also have concluded that the DPS officer acted in bad faith.”

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

2. “the substantive law underlying the trial court’s grant of a new trial in this case is discussed in a trio of United States Supreme Court cases dealing with”

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