State v. Jay’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “formed fixed opinions on the guilt or innocence of the defendant which [he] would not be able to lay aside and render a verdict based solely on evidence presented in court”

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

2. “'abridged by evidence rules that infringe upon a weighty interest of the accused and are arbitrary or disproportionate to the purposes they are designed to serve.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. M. Gossard

3. “'[a] lesser-included offense instruction is not supported by the evidence when the defendant's evidence or theory, if believed, would require an acquittal.'”

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