State v. Rondeau’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

72 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “POINT I: The imposition of the sentence of death for the crime of first degree murder under the law of New Mexico violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. POINT II: The trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial based on the improper question by the prosecutor regarding the defendant’s post-arrest silence. POINT III: The court erred in instructing the jury on “transferred intent” murder, where the defendant was not charged under that theory, and where the evidence did not support giving the instruction. POINT IV: The trial court erred in responding to certain questions put by the jury, because the questions dealt with issues not properly before the jury, and because the answers given were incorrect and usurped the function of the jury. POINT V: The trial court erred in instructing the jury that it could convict the defendant of first degree murder upon a finding of implied malice. POINT VI: The trial court erred by misinstructing the jury on the essential elements of second degree murder. POINT VII: The trial court erred in its instructions to the jury on self defense. POINT VIII: The accumulation of errors in the instructions constitute reversible error.”

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

2. “to mean that a convicted defendant would be entitled to a retrial where the prosecution suppressed, throughout the whole trial , exculpatory evidence material to the guilt or punishment of the defendant”

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