State v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

74 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"This Court will review unpreserved assignments of error, as an exception to our raise- or-waive rule, when they implicate ‘basic constitutional rights, State v. Donato, 592 A.2d 140, 141 (R.I.1991), and further satisfy three conjunctive elements: 'First, the error complained of must consist of more than harmless error. Second, the record must be sufficient to permit a determination of the issue. * * * Third, counsel's failure to raise the issue at trial must be due to the fact that the issue is based on a novel rule of law of which counsel could not reasonably have known at the time of trial.’ State v. Lynch, 854 A.2d 1022, 1040 (R.I.2004)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Feliciano · State v. Wiggins

2. “based on a dispassionate evaluation of the evidence”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. McManus · State v. Daniel Lastarza

3. ““Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment, but not including statements made to a physician consulted solely for the purposes of preparing for litigation or obtaining testimony for trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Roger Watkins