Spires v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Every citizen over sixty-five (65) years of age, and everyone who has served as a grand juror or as a petit juror in the trial of a litigated case within two (2) years, shall be exempt from service if the juror claims the privilege. No qualified juror shall be excluded because of any such reasons, but the same shall be a personal privilege to be claimed by any person selected for jury duty. Any citizen over sixty-five (65) years of age may claim this personal privilege outside of open court by providing the clerk of court with information that allows the clerk to determine the validity of the claim.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. TREVILLION v. State · 65 So. 3d 295 - Gause v. State

2. “If you unanimously find that (1) Travon Brown had reasonable grounds to believe he was in actual, present, and urgent danger of death or some great bodily harm OR to believe that Cornelius Harris intended .to kill the defendant or to do him some great bodily harm, and (2) Travon Brown had reasonable grounds to believe that there was imminent danger of Such act being accomplished, and that (3) Travon Brown was not the initial aggressor, it is your sworn duty to return a verdict in' favor of the defendant in Count I.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Travon Brown v. State of Mississippi · Thomas v. State

3. “The court instructs the jury that the State has the duty to prove the defendant did not-act justifiably in killing the victims. To make a killing justifiable on the grounds of self-defense, the danger to the defendant must be either actual, present and urgent, or the defendant must have reasonable grounds to believe that the victim intended to kill the defendant or to do him some great bodily harm, and in addition to this, he must have reasonable grounds to believe that there is imminent danger of such act being accomplished. It is for the jury to determine the reasonableness of the grounds upon which the defendant acts. If you, the jury, unanimously find that the defendant acted in self-defense, then it is your sworn duty to return a verdict in favor of the defendant. If you unanimously find that (1) Tra-von Brown had reasonable grounds to believe he was in actual, present, and urgent danger of death or some great ’ bodily harm OR to believe that Cornelius Harris intended to kill the defendant or to do him’ some great bodily harm, and (2)' Travon Brown had reasonable grounds to believe that there was imminent danger of such act being accomplished, and that (3) Travon Brown was not the initial aggressor, it is your sworn duty to return a verdict in favor of the deféndant in Count I.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Travon Brown v. State of Mississippi