State v. DiCarlo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]his Court affords a great deal of respect to the factual determinations and credibility assessments made by the judicial officer who has actually observed the human drama that is part and parcel of every trial and who has had an opportunity to appraise witness demeanor and to take into account other realities that cannot be grasped from a reading of a cold record”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. James Paola · State v. Barros

2. “the same vantage point as the presiding judge, and we are unable to assess the witness' demeanor, tone of voice, and body language. Our perspective is limited to analyzing words printed on a black and white record.”

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

3. “in the best position to assess the relative credibility of witnesses.”

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