State v. Hyde’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 143 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 166 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if the expectation of pecuniary gain is a motive, cause, or impetus for the murder and not merely a result of the murder.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Nordstrom · State v. Hoskins

2. “We have expressly held that jury questioning regarding capital punishment is permissible where the questioning determines bias of a nature which would prevent a juror from performing his duty. Under the procedure used in Arizona in death penalty cases, the jurors’ duty is to determine guilt or innocence, while the sentence of death is solely the responsibility of the trial judge. Nevertheless, voir dire questioning related to a juror’s views on capital punishment is permitted to determine whether those views would prevent or substantially impair the performance of the juror’s duties to decide the case in accordance with the court’s instructions and the juror’s oath.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Kayer · People v. Martinez

3. “may be based on tangible evidence or strong circumstantial inference.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Medina · State v. Canez