State v. Espinal’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Di Carlo v. United States · State v. Newsome · State v. Quattrocchi · United States v. Orrico · State v. Mancine
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial justice agrees with the jury's verdict or if the evidence is such that reasonable minds could differ as to the outcome, he or she should deny the motion for a new trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) consider the evidence in light of the jury charge, (2) independently assess the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence, and then (3) determine whether he or she would have reached a result different from that reached by the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.