Fields v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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

1. “[s]imply because the aggravating circumstance duplicates one of the underlying offenses does not mean that the defendant is being punished twice for the same offense. The underlying offenses were only factors to be considered as to whether the punishment for murder should be death. Appellant was not subjected to double jeopardy or multiple punishment for the same offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hunt v. Commonwealth

2. “The constitutionality of the death penalty has been repeatedly recognized. Thompson , 147 S.W.3d at 55. Further, KRS 532.025 provides adequate standards to guide the jury in its consideration and imposition of the death penalty. Hodge, 17 S.W.3d at 854 . Finally, the death penalty is not imposed arbitrarily or capriciously in Kentucky. Tamme, 973 S.W.2d at 40-41 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dunlap v. Commonwealth

3. “[P]art of the guarantee of a defendant's right to an impartial jury is an adequate voir dire to identify unqualified jurors.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Douglas