Young v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f 'the damaging potential of the cross-examination were fully realized,' the jury would have been informed that E.S. had been sexually abused by her brother since she was two and later by her father and that this repeated abuse had resulted in symptoms identical to those exhibited by E.S. following Draheim’s assault”; holding that”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moore v. State · Saglimbeni v. State

2. “(1) the importance of the witness's testimony in the prosecution's case, (2) whether the testimony was cumulative, (3) the presence or absence of evidence corroborating or contradicting the testimony of the witness on material points, (4) the extent of cross-examination otherwise permitted, and (5) the overall strength of the prosecution's case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moore v. State · Rodriguez v. State

3. “constitutional error that is subject to harmless error review, the court of appeals must reverse a judgment of conviction ... unless the court determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the conviction.”

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