Russeau v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 90 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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) “Is there a probability that the defendant, Gregory Russeau, would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society?” (2) "Did the defendant, Gregory Russeau, actually cause the death of the deceased or did not actually cause the death of the deceased but intended to kill the deceased or another or anticipated that a human life would be taken?” (3)"Taking into consideration all of the evidence, including the circumstances of the offense, the defendant's character and background, and the personal moral culpability of the defendant, is there sufficient mitigating circumstance or circumstances to warrant that a sentence of life imprisonment rather than a death sentence be imposed?””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Renteria v. State · Russeau v. State

2. “When a prospective juror's answers are vacillating, unclear, or contradictory, we accord deference to the trial court's decision,”

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

3. “[t]he trial court erred in admitting those portions of the reports that contained the testimonial statements.”

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