State v. James Cudd’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. “A district court abuses its discretion if it denies a challenge for cause when a prospective juror's statements ** during voir dire raise serious doubts about the juror's ability to be fair and impartial or actual bias is discovered.”

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

2. “Jurors who state that they are unable or unwilling to suspend their prejudicial beliefs and follow the law should be excused for cause.”

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

3. “coaxed recantations elicited by counsel because spontaneous statements are most likely to be reliable and honest,”

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