State v. Sandoval’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In reviewing the self-defense and defense of another jury instructions for fundamental error, we first determine "whether a reasonable juror would have been confused or misdirected by the jury instructions." If we conclude that a reasonable juror would have been confused or misdirected, then we "review the entire record, placing the jury instructions in the context of the individual facts and circumstances of the case, to determine whether the defendant's conviction was the result of a plain miscarriage of justice."”

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

2. “The standard of review we apply to jury instructions depends on whether the issue has been preserved. If the error has been preserved we review the instructions for reversible error. If not, we review for fundamental error. Under both standards we seek to determine whether a reasonable juror would have been confused or misdirected by the jury instruction.”

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

3. “[J]uror confusion or misdirection may stem not only from instructions that are facially contradictory or ambiguous, but from instructions which, through omission or misstatement, fail to provide the juror with an accurate rendition of the relevant law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Candelaria