State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably State v. Henderson (2005), 33 Cal. 4th 425 - People v. Stewart (2004)
67 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Arizona v. Fulminante · Wainwright v. Witt · Adams v. Texas · Morgan v. Illinois
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Arizona has recognized that errors in jury composition are not “amenable to quantitative assessment. Error is harmless [only] when we can say it did not affect the verdict.” State v. Smith, 305 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 3, 6 , 197 Ariz. 333, 339-340 , 4 P.3d 388, 394-395 (App.1999) (defendant tried to eight-person rather than twelve-person jury to which he was entitled; not possible to predict what properly composed jury might have done). Our eases have long followed this position. See State v. Henley, 141 Ariz. 465, 469 , 687 P.2d 1220, 1224 (1984), State v. Luque, 171 Ariz. 198, 200 , 829 P.2d 1244, 1246 (App.1992). In light of what the State describes as overwhelming evidence against Defendant, it is tempting to conclude that even under the circumstances of this case, the violation of Rule 18.5 was harmless error, for surely any jury hearing Defendant’s confessions and the other evidence would have found him guilty. But this argument leads us down a slippery slope that could be used to justify overlooking every structural error, from the size and composition of the jury to the denial of a jury trial or the right to counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The court shall conduct a thorough oral examination of prospective jurors. Upon the request of any party, the court shall permit that party a reasonable time to conduct a further oral examination of the prospective jurors. The court may impose reasonable limitations with respect to questions allowed during a party’s examination of the prospective jurors, giving due regard to the purpose of such examination. In addition, the court may terminate or limit voir dire on grounds of abuse. Nothing in this Rule shall preclude the use of written questionnaires to be completed by the prospective jurors, in addition to oral examination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Glassel
How this case has been treated — in progress
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