State v. Disla’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 29 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the absence of any indication that the jury was not capable of complying with the trial justice[']s cautionary instruction, this [c]ourt must assume that the jury did disregard the witness comments as it was instructed to do.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Daniel Lastarza · State v. Troy Footman

2. “[A] motion to pass a case is viewed for all intents and purposes as identical to a motion for a mistrial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ashner Alexis · State v. McManus

3. “Conclusion For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm the judgment of conviction. The record may be remanded to the Superior Court. The board itself was two inches by two-and-three-quarter inches wide, just over forty-three inches long, and weighed approximately three pounds. Rule 30 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure provides in part:”

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