Thackston v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`The court will sustain the objection and say to you gentlemen that you mustn't consider that for any purpose in arriving at your verdict. That is something you are not concerned with and shouldn't be considered by you whatever.' "”

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

2. “There can be no doubt that the effect, if any, of this argument was eliminated by the court's prompt, emphatic and vigorous admonition to the jury that it must not consider this remark for any purpose.”

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

3. “`. . you must bear in mind that he is entitled to parole when he has served a third of his time . . if he makes a good prisoner.'”

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