Galloway v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the jury, after they retire for deliberation, desires to be informed of any point of law, the court shall instruct the jury to reduce its question to writing and the court' in its discretion, after affording the parties an opportunity to state their objections or assent, may grant additional written instructions in response to the jury’s request.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. James Douglas Willie v. State of Mississippi · Victoria Swanagan v. State of Mississippi

2. “The standard of review which appellate courts must apply to lawyer misconduct during opening statements or closing arguments is 'whether the natural and probable effect of the improper argument is to create unjust prejudice against the accused so as to result in a decision influenced by the prejudice so created .'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Arnold Bailey v. State of Mississippi · Jeffrey Martin v. State of Mississippi

3. “The prosecutor may comment upon any facts introduced into evidence, and he may draw whatever deductions and inferences that seem proper to him from the facts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Michael Donaldson v. State of Mississippi · Jeffrey Martin v. State of Mississippi