Newport v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The jury is charged with resolving the factual issues, judging the witnesses' credibility, and ultimately determining whether the accused is guilty or innocent. Gayler v. State, 957 P.2d 855, 860 (Wyo.1998); Zabel v. State, 765 P.2d 357, 362 (Wyo.1988). A witness may not, therefore, vouch for the credibility of another witness or a victim. Gayler, 957 P.2d at 860 ; Curl v. State, 898 P.2d 369, 373-74 (Wyo. 1995)."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Beaugureau v. State · Hensley v. State

2. “protects a defendant’s right to have a speedy original trial; however, it does not address a defendant’s right to have a speedy retrial following a mistrial. When the prosecution of a defendant is disrupted by a mistrial, the commencement of the original trial, if it was timely, satisfies the time requirements of W.R.Cr.P. 48(b), and subsequent retrials are excluded from the requirements of the rule.”

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

3. “error-perse rule applies when the prosecution actually asks a witness to give an opinion as to the accused's guilt”

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