State v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T lhe prosecutor is entitled to paint a factual picture of the context in which the events in question transpired.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Boyd · State v. Labrum

2. “If trial counsel were permitted to forego objecting to evidence as part of a trial strategy that counsel thinks will enhance the defendant's chances of acquittal and then, if that strategy fails, were permitted "to claim on- appeal that the [reviewing court] should reverse because it was plain error for the court to admit the evidence, we would be sanctioning a procedure that fosters invited error. Defendants are thus not entitled to both the benefit of not objecting at trial and the benefit of ob3ect~ ing on appeal,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. V.I.V.-G. v. State · V.I.V.-G. v. State

3. “would permit him to present one strategy, lose, and. then start over with a whole new strategy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. V.I.V.-G. v. State · V.I.V.-G. v. State