State v. Loftin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] defendant's right to be tried before an impartial jury is one of the most basic guarantees of a fair trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 442 N.J. Super. 154 - State of New Jersey v. Rashon Brown · 417 N.J. Super. 530 - State v. Tindell

2. “In determining whether any deficiencies in trial or appellate counsel's representation have undermined a defendant's constitutional right to counsel, we have generally relied on the standards enunciated in Strickland[.]”

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

3. “there is a realistic possibility that information with the capacity to prejudice defendant's right to a fair trial may have reached members of [the] jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 419 N.J. Super. 88 - State v. McGuire