State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “designed to ensure that the defendant [among other things] was aware of the nature of a jury trial, such that it consists of a panel of 12 people that must agree on all elements of the crime charged”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 3 Cal. 5th 151 - People v. Sivongxxay · State v. Sutton

2. “In considering the issue of waiver of rights, "[t]his court and other courts have characterized certain rights as fundamental and have held that the law takes particular pains to ensure that the decision to waive those rights is that of the defendant." Fundamental rights are those very basic constitutional rights which are ". . fundamental to the concept of fair and impartial decision making." The trial court has a "serious and weighty responsibility" to determine on the record, "whether there is an intelligent and competent waiver by the accused" when a defendant attempts to waive fundamental rights.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 335 Wis. 2d 681 - State v. Denson · 2005 WI App 161 - State v. Francis

3. “criminal cases shall be tried by a jury . . . unless the defendant waives a jury in writing or by statement in open court... , on the record, with the approval of the court and the consent of the state.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 335 Wis. 2d 681 - State v. Denson · 2004 WI App 14 - State v. Burks