Cobb v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 44 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A jury must determine beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence presented whether an accused did those specific acts which constituted the crime with which he was charged. In performing this guilt assessing task the jury must be oblivious to the legislature’s punishment scheme. To hold otherwise, we would be condoning verdicts in which the jury might compromise to the defendant’s benefit or detriment in order to reach a certain number of years of imprisonment. (emphasis in original)”

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

2. “which appellant would require. Presumably, they made their decision with an eye toward the facts of the case as they found them to be.”

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

3. “Sequestration of the jury is mandatory only when the defendant faces the potential sentence of death.”

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