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← 943 A2D 1052 - State v. Espinal

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.

  1. “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
  2. “(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.