Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Court is of the opinion this is going to be a general change in courtroom security, where people who are accused of felony offenses ... facing a minimum of fifteen years in prison to life ... are to be secured during trial ... this is a general plan by the court to increase the security in the courtroom while jurors are present. Id.”

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

2. “Evidence is sufficient to convict under the law of parties where the defendant is physically present at the commission of the offense and encourages its commission by words or other agreement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Iag

3. “While courtroom security is an increasingly pressing concern, routinely restraining defendants is not a permissible manner in which to address it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 354 Ill. Dec. 484 - In Re Jonathon CB