State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is a retrospective one, administered at the close of all the evidence to determine whether the admission of certain evidence was harmless in light of all the evidence admitted on that point.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Patrick Cahill · State v. Willie Washington

2. “'[C]umulative evidence' is 'that which tends to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Patrick Cahill · State v. Willie Washington

3. “admit a confession or a statement against a defendant only if the state can first prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his [or her] constitutional rights expressed in Miranda v. Arizona.”

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