246 N.J. Super. 261 - State v. Oates’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
November 2009
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Williams · State v. Manley · State v. Orecchio · State v. Koedatich · State v. Hunt
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All right. First of all, ladies and gentlemen, have any of you ever previously participated in a criminal jury trial? Either as a juror or as a witness? * * * * * * * * Do any of you have anyone close to you either as a friend, a social friend or a relative close to you not a distant relative whose [sic] ever been the victim of a crime of violence? Murdered, assaulted, raped. Personal victim of a crime of violence. * * * * * * * * All right. Thank you. Finally, a third general question. Do any of you have, close to you, either a friend or a relative whose [sic] engaged in police work? Either a policeman, a trooper, a marshall, a deputy, a warden, a jail guard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“R. 1:8-3(a) is a rule of efficiency, not of dilution. It was designed to expedite, not minimize the essential purpose of obtaining a fair and impartial jury. A thorough voir dire, as necessary as is required for the particular matter on trial, must be conducted in every case ... The limited jury questioning in this case commends itself only for its brevity. It assisted the State and the defendant very little in the quest to assure impartiality and to unearth predisposition, bias or outright hostility. Defendant was deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial ... [ Id. at 269 , 587 A. 2d 298 ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any reason personal to you with respect to this type of case why you could not do a good job as a juror ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.