Ford v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
2
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Purkett v. Elem · Whitsey v. State · Tompkins v. State · Camacho v. State
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.
“If a race-neutral explanation is proffered, then the third step occurs: the trial court must decide whether the opponent of the strike has proved purposeful racial discrimination. This is the step regarding the burden of persuasion. The Supreme Court stressed that the “ultimate burden of persuasion regarding racial motivation rests with, and never shifts from, the opponent of the strike.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even if the prosecutor was mistaken or exaggerating . . ., `this is not equal to proving that the reason given [for the peremptory challenge] was pretext for a racially motivated strike.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adair v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.