Prewitt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(App. 190). Finally, even if Ransom had established the above two criteria, she still had to establish the reasonable probability that had the arrest warrant been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different. Ransom argues that prejudice is shown because the warrant would have been”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ransom v. State · Bowlds v. State

2. “(1) that the evidence at issue is favorable to the accused, because it is either exculpatory or impeaching; (2) that the evidence was suppressed by the State, either willfully or inadvertently; and (8) that the evidence was material to an issue at trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ransom v. State · Bowlds v. State

3. “'When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material in the State's possession, it is ordinarily incumbent on the State to set the record straight.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bowlds v. State · Hayden v. State