928 So. 2d 840 - Isom v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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

1. “The standard of review for trial court decisions regarding pretrial identification is "whether or not substantial credible evidence supports the trial court's findings that, considering the totality of the circumstances, in-court identification testimony was not impermissibly tainted." Ellis v. State, 667 So.2d 599, 605 (Miss.1995) (citing Magee v. State, 542 So.2d 228, 231 (Miss.1989); Nicholson v. State, 523 So.2d 68, 71 (Miss.1988); Ray v. State, 503 So.2d 222, 224 (Miss.1986)). We will only disturb the order of the trial court "where there is an absence of substantial credible evidence supporting it." Id. (citing Ray, 503 So.2d at 224 ).”

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

2. “(1) the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime; (2) the witness' degree of attention; (3) the accuracy of the witness' prior description of the criminal; (4) the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation; and (5) the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 720 - Brown v. State

3. “Pretrial photograph identifications have been generally upheld if the witnesses view the photographs separately and if there is no emphasis placed on certain photographs as opposed to others.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 966 So. 2d 894 - Denham v. State