State v. Ranger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . capacity ... to realize that it is wrong to falsify, and that if [s]he does tell an untruth that [s]he is likely to be punished.” (p. 56, 98 A.2d p. 654)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brewer · State v. Hodgkins

2. ““* # # The proposed child witness should know the difference between truth and falsehood, and apparently must be able to receive accurate impressions of facts, and be able to relate truly the impressions received. * * * Although many ancient proverbs indicate that some of our ancestors believed that only truth could come from childhood lips, we know through modern psychology that protective imagination is a common attribute of most children * * *.””

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

3. ““. . . every person is presumed to have common discretion and understanding, until the contrary appears . . . .””

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