Shane v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

48 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “, he did not believe they would lie under oath because they took the oath more seriously; and that he would find it more likely that a police officer was telling the truth than a lay witness. Shane, 243 S.W.3d at 337 . The trial Court refused to excuse the prospective juror for cause because the juror”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allen v. Commonwealth · Fugett v. Commonwealth

2. ““The court must weigh the probability of bias or prejudice based on the entirety of the juror’s responses and demeanor. There is no ‘magical question’ that can rehabilitate a juror as impartiality is not a technical question but a state of mind.” (Id. at 338)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sluss v. Commonwealth · Brown v. Commonwealth

3. “Harmless error analysis is simply not appropriate where a substantial right is involved.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Allen v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Douglas