Dobbins 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. ““(a) The court is reasonably well satisfied that the testimony given by a material witness is false. “(b) ... [Without [the testimony] the jury might have reached a different conclusion. “(c) ... [T]he party seeking the new trial was taken by surprise when the false testimony was given and was unable to meet it or did not know of its falsity until after the trial.””

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

2. “(1) the court [is] reasonably well-satisfied that the testimony in question was false; (2) without that testimony the jury might have reached a different conclusion; and (3) the petitioner was taken by surprise at trial or did not know of the falsity until after trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rene Julian McKenzie v. State of Minnesota

3. “A criminal defendant bears a heavy burden when seeking to overturn an indictment. The burden is heavier for a defendant who raises the issue on direct appeal after he has received a fair trial and been found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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