State v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “THE COURT: All right. I’m going to discharge the jury. And thank you for working with us and for us today. Please call the Code-a-Phone over the weekend. Thank you. THE BAILIFF: Please stand for the jury. (Note: Jury out at 3:15 p.m.) THE BAILIFF: One moment, Your Hon- or. I’m moving the jury back into the jury room. They’re saying that a verdict was read wrong. THE COURT: All right. That’s fine. THE BAILIFF: Let us see what’s going on. Okay? I’ll be right back with you in just a moment. THE COURT: It was not read wrong. THE BAILIFF: They were saying the DWI verdict was read wrong. THE CLERK: I read what it says. THE COURT: Let’s have the verdict forms. [DEFENSE COUNSEL]: And I thought I was a legal genius. THE COURT: Please be seated. I’m thinking. All right. What I’m going to do — the jury is still intact. The Court is going to ask them to come back in. I’m, going to— [PROSECUTOR]: Poll. THE COURT: — show the verdict forms to the foreman. I’m going to ask him to read that and ask him if it is correct. We are going to have a poll— [DEFENSE COUNSEL]: That’s what I was going to suggest. THE COURT: — of the jury.”

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