State v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact nee-essary to constitute the crime with which he is charged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ellis · State v. Crowley

2. “'[Tlhe Constitution does not require that any particular form of words be used in advising the jury of the government's burden of proof.”

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

3. “the Constitution neither prohibits trial courts from defining reasonable doubt nor requires them to do so as a matter of course”

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