State v. McManus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 22 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “require[s] a specific objection so that the allegation of error can be brought to the attention of the trial justice, who will then have an opportunity to rule on it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bruce Moten · State v. James Dalton

2. ““Although leading questions generally are prohibited on direct examination, they may be allowed for a limited purpose such as to guide the testimony of a hostile or a purportedly forgetful witness. “Here, it is clear that [the -witness’s] appearance at trial was anything but cooperative; he experienced a failure of memory that could be characterized as hostile and lacking in credibility. A party is entitled to treat a forgetful witness as adverse; and, in an effort to elicit truthful testimony from the witness, the examiner may resort to leading questions. It is within the discretion of the trial justice to decide whether to allow the examiner to lead; that discretion, however, is not without limit.” McManus, 990 A.2d at 1236 .”

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

3. “Rule 801 Advisory Committee's Note. Consequently, we are of the opinion that the trial justice did not abuse his discretion when he allowed the state to question Huntley about the details of her October 21, 2015 statement to the police, nor did the trial justice abuse his discretion when he allowed the recording to be played to the jury. C Motion for a New Trial On February 24, 2017, the trial justice denied defendant's timely motion for a new trial. Observing that Haynes”

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