State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, the defendant must raise a Batson challenge with regard to one or more specific venirepersons struck by the state and identify the cognizable racial group to which the venireperson or persons belong. The trial court will then require the state to come forward with reasonably specific and clear race-neutral explanations for the strike. Assuming the prosecutor is able to articulate an acceptable reason for the strike, the defendant will then need to show that the state’s proffered reasons for the strikes were merely pretextual and that the strikes were racially motivated.”

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

2. “(1) The indictment or infoi’mation, original or amended, or the information-in lieu of an indictment pleads all essential facts warranting a finding that the defendant is a prior offender; and (2) Evidence is introduced that establishes sufficient facts pleaded to warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is a prior offender; and (3) The court makes findings of fact that warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt by the court that the defendant is a prior offender.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Robinson

3. “plausibility of the prosecutor's explanations in light of the totality of the facts and circumstances surrounding the case.”

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