Teixeira v. State’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] verdict as to a particular count shall be set aside” as repugnant [inconsistent] “only when it is inherently inconsistent when viewed in light of the elements of each crime as charged to the jury” without regard to the accuracy of those instructions. The underlying purpose of this rule is to ensure that an individual is not convicted of “a crime on which the jury has actually found that the defendant did not commit an essential element, whether it be one element or all.” A person cannot be convicted of a crime if a jury has necessarily decided that one of the essential elements was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Travis v. State · 219 Md. App. 234 - Wallace v. State

2. “[T]he operative element in determining when and whether a jury’s functions are at an end is not when the jury is told it is discharged[,] but when the jury is dispersed, that is, has left the jury box, the court[ ]room[,] or the court[ ]house, had an opportunity to discuss the case with others[,] and is no longer under the guidance, control[,] and jurisdiction of the [trial] court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Travis v. State · Givens v. State

3. “The mere announcement of the discharge of the jurors does not preclude recalling them if they have not yet dispersed and mingled with the bystanders. Although the decisions are not uniform, it has often been held that, when the jurors have rendered the[ ] verdict and have been discharged, but have not yet left the courtroom or the courthouse, the trial [court] may recall the order of discharge and reassemble the jurors to amend the[ ] verdict as to a matter of form or, in some cases, substance.”

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