State v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 80 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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In our view, it is the substance of the standard which is significant. As stated by the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, `the constitutional requirement of representation at trial is one of substance, not of form.' Brubaker v. Dickson, 310 F.2d 30, 37 (9th Cir.1962). A defendant is entitled to a fair trial and as a part of that right he is entitled to competent counsel. However, the adequacy of a defendant's representation will not be judged by the harsh light of hindsight. In re Williams, 1 Cal.3d 168 , 81 Cal. Rptr. 784 , 460 P.2d 984 (1969). Nor do mere tactical errors, per se, constitute inadequate representation. State v. Farni, 112 Ariz. 132 , 539 P.2d 889 (1975); State v. Lopez, 3 Ariz. App. 200 , 412 P.2d 882 (1966). We have said that `[a] constitutional right to counsel is fulfilled when he is assigned counsel who is a qualified member of the Bar and acts diligently in the defendant's behalf.' State v. Meredith, 106 Ariz. 1, 2 , 469 P.2d 820, 821 (1970)." 114 Ariz. at 13-14 , 559 P.2d at 133-34 .”

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

2. ““* * * we note that even if defendant does establish that blacks do not register in proportion to their share of the community population, which is all he seeks to show, he will have failed to demonstrate any systematic exclusion of blacks for jury duty. Although the registered voters list from which jurors are drawn may not parallel exactly the proportion of each minority within the community, that in no way establishes or even demonstrates systematic exclusion. Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522 , 95 S.Ct. 692 , 42 L.Ed.2d 690 (1975). * * * ” State v. Watson, 114 Ariz. 1, 16 , 559 P.2d 121, 136 (1976), cert. denied 430 U.S. 986 , 97 S.Ct. 1687 , 52 L.Ed.2d 382 (1977). See also State v. Lee, 114 Ariz. 101 , 559 P.2d 657 (1976); United States v. James, 453 F.2d 27 (9th Cir. 1971).”

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

3. ““A defendant is not entitled to a jury which is composed of, with material precision, the exact proportion of his race as exists in the general population. All that is required is a jury selected by a process where the members of his race are not systematically excluded.” State v. Taylor, 109 Ariz. 267, 272 , 508 P.2d 731, 736 (1973).”

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