People v. Thacker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 23 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It has been repeatedly held in this State; and may be regarded as the well-settled law, that one is not disqualified from serving as a juror, simply because he has heard and read about the case, and has formed an impression based upon what he has heard and read, if the impression is not of that fixed character which repels the presumption of innocence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Williams

2. ““This fact, if it was a fact, that poison was found in the stomach of Mrs. Thacker, was one of the most important things in the case for the people to establish. A juror who believed that fact to exist cannot be said to be in a condition to act fairly, candidly, and impartially.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Foglesong

3. ““The opinion entertained by a juror which disqualifies him is an opinion of that fixed character which repels the presumption of innocence in a criminal case, and in whose mind the accused stands condemned already.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Williams