Holt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

56 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Due process requires a fair and impartial jury. The right to an impartial jury precludes systematic and intentional exclusion of any particular class of persons, but does not require that any particular class be represented. Tewell v. State, (1976) 264 Ind. 88 , 339 N.E.2d 792 . Although a jury must be selected from a fair cross-section of the community, jurors need not be mathematically proportioned to the character of the community. Fay v. N. Y., (1947) 332 U.S. 261 , 67 S.Ct. 1613 , 91 L.Ed. 2043 . The burden of demonstrating prejudicial discrimination is on the defendant. In addition, trial courts have discretionary authority to excuse prospective jurors. Brown v. State, supra, [(1977) 266 Ind. 82 , 360 N.E.2d 830 ] Tewell v. State, supra. Certainly this discretion must not be exercised illogically or arbitrarily, but a reasonable exercise of discretion by the trial court will not be interfered with on appeal.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wooten v. State · Booth v. State

2. ““The burden of demonstrating prejudicial discrimination is on the defendant. In addition, trial courts have discretionary-authority to excuse prospective jurors.” Id. at 591 , 365 N.E.2d at 1211 .”

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