State v. Salas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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. “We review the trial court's factual findings regarding a Batson challenge using a deferential standard of review, as it is the responsibility of the trial court to (1) evaluate the sincerity of both parties, (2) rely on its own observations of the challenged jurors, and (3) draw on its experience in supervising voir dire.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Dorado

2. “(1) a peremptory challenge was used to remove a member of a protected group from the jury panel, and (2) the facts and other related circumstances raise an inference that the individual was excluded solely on the basis of his or her membership in a protected group.”

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

3. “Such invidious discrimination violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution and causes harm to the litigants, the community, and the individual jurors who are wrongfully excluded from participation in the judicial process.”

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