Raphael v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “And she's going to be-once the testimony is done, then we'll revisit it. And she gives testimony and we'll revisit the case, and presumably let her-she'll be able to be released.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Curda · Skinner v. State

2. “The defendant shall be present at the arraignment, at the preliminary hearing, at the time of plea, and the omnibus hearing, and at every stage of the trial, including the impaneling of the jury and return of the verdict, and at the imposition of sentence, except as otherwise provided in this rule.”

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

3. “when a witness can reasonably interpret a trial court's decision to imprison her as an attempt to influence the substance of her testimony, as the record indicates was the case here, the risk that the witness may not testify freely and truthfully is too great.”

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