State v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Calmese · State v. Burns · State v. Mitchell · State v. Steward · State v. Richardson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“You should make every reasonable effort to reach a verdict, as it is desirable that there be a verdict in every case. Each of you should respect the opinions of your fellow jurors as you would have them respect yours, and in a spirit of tolerance and understanding endeavor to bring the deliberations of the whole jury to an agreement upon a verdict. Do not be afraid to change your opinion if the discussion persuades you that you should. But a juror should not agree to a verdict that violates the instructions of the Court, nor should a juror agree to a verdict of guilty unless he is convinced of the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goudeau v. State“'deems it appropriate and when the length of deliberation or communication from the jury causes the Court to believe that the jury may be deadlocked.’ ” State v. Johnson, 948 S.W.2d 161, 164 (Mo.App.1997) (quoting MAI-CR3d 312.10, Notes on Use 2). ‘TT]he giving of a hammer instruction, standing alone, is generally viewed as non-coercive because it promotes open discussion, tolerance, and the desirability of a unanimous verdict while admonishing each juror against basing a verdict on evidence he or she does not believe.” State v. Evans, 122 S.W.3d 731, 734 (Mo.App.2003).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goudeau v. State“A verdict can only be considered coerced when it appears, under the totality of the circumstances, that the trial court was virtually mandating that a verdict be reached, and by implication, it would hold the jury until such occurrence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Friend
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.