State v. Conroy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The defendant may waive the right to trial by jury with consent of the prosecution and the court.... (1) Voluntariness. Before accepting a waiver the court shall address the defendant personally, advise the defendant of the right to a jury trial and ascertain that the waiver is knowing, voluntary, and intelligent. (2) Form of Waiver. A waiver of jury trial under this rule shall be made in writing or in open court on the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Arizona v. Guillermo C. Becerra

2. “the [trial] court carefully explained to defendant that he had a right to a jury trial, that by waiving the right he was abandoning the privilege of allowing a juiy to determine the facts of his case and agreeing to let the trial court determine the facts and determine his guilt or innocence. We believe this is all that is required to accomplish the intentional waiver of a known right.”

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