179 Ind. App. 472 - Decker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The information relayed to the jury by the court clearly pertained to the substantive rights of the Defendant and were certainly references to matters which were very relevant to the jury deliberation. In this regard, it matters not that the court had good intentions nor that the instructions were correct and favorable to the Defendant. These factors may tend to explain the nature and circumstances of the improper contact but do not correct it.””

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

2. “as defined in our initial opinion and the cases there cited. Defendant also argues that in determining that the trial court did not err in refusing to give his tendered instruction No. 8, which would have advised the jury that the crime of”

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

3. “[A] reviewing court should be reluctant to invoke the rule of fundamental error, and will do so only when a blatant error has occurred which would, otherwise, deny a defendant fundamental due process.”

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