Ferrell v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Whenever a witness, including a child as defined in § 14-1-3, refuses, on the basis of his or her privilege against self-incrimination, to answer a question or to produce other evidence of any kind in a criminal proceeding before any court or grand jury of this state, the attorney general may, in writing, request the presiding justice of the superior court or the chief judge of the family court or the district court to order the witness to answer the question or produce the evidence. The court, in its discretion, after notice to the witness, may order the witness to answer the question or produce the evidence.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Ramirez

2. “[bjecause Thornton filed his [motions] concerning the victim[-]impact statements well over three years after judgment was entered against him in the criminal case, technically the hearing justice should not have handled the matter under Rule 33 [of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure] at all.” We agree. However, as the state concedes,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Christopher S. Thornton