State v. DiPetrillo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “four-part inquiry that requires that the evidence be (1) newly discovered since trial, (2) not discoverable prior to trial with the exercise of due diligence, (3) not merely cumulative or impeaching but rather material to the issue upon which it is admissible, (4) of the type which would probably change the verdict at trial.”

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

2. “A motion for a new trial in a jury-waived criminal case is of 'limited effectiveness' because it merely 'affords a defendant an opportunity to convince the trial justice that he or she was wrong in his or her factual findings.'”

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

3. “entitled to great weight and will not be disturbed unless the trial justice has overlooked or misconceived relevant and material evidence or was otherwise clearly wrong.”

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