State v. Nunley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In State v. Silvey, 894 S.W.2d 662 (Mo. banc 1995), the court declined a request for plain error review of a prosecutor s statements in closing argument stating, “Relief should rarely be granted on assertions of plain error as to closing argument because, ‘in the absence of objection and request for relief, the trial court’s options are narrowed to uninvited interference with summation and a corresponding increase of error by such intervention.’ ” Id. at 670 quoting State v. Clemmons, 753 S.W.2d 901, 907-08 (Mo. banc 1988). See also State v. Wright, 934 S.W.2d 575, 584-85 (Mo.App.1996).”

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

2. “An appellate court will not convict a trial court of error on an issue that was not put before it to decide.” State v. Nunley, 992 S.W.2d 892, 895 (Mo.App.1999).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Flowers v. McDonald County