State v. Hallenbeck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 56 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]ccording to our well-settled raise or waive rule, issues that were not preserved by a specific objection at trial, sufficiently focused so as to call the trial justice's attention to the basis for said objection, may not be considered on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Justice Andrade · State v. Wiggins

2. ““If, after having reviewed all the evidence, you’re not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt as to the existence of any malice on the part of the defendant, you cannot find him guilty of second-degree murder. And, it is at this point of your deliberations that you should consider whether or not the defendant committed the lesser offense of manslaughter. “Generally speaking, manslaughter is the unlawful but unintentional killing of a human being without malice or premeditation. A person who recklessly does an act that results in the death of another human being is guilty of manslaughter even though he did not contemplate such a result. Nothing more is required than an intentional doing of an act which, by reason of its wanton or reckless character, exposes another person to injury, and causes injury or death.””

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

3. “[n]o party may assign as error any portion of the charge or omission therefrom unless the party objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating distinctly the matter to which the party objects and the grounds of the party's objection.”

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