Ramirez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “was required to demonstrate that African-American persons were a recognizable, distinct class of persons, that they were under-represented over a significant period of time or under other circumstances which raised an inference of discrimination, and that the selection procedure employed was susceptible of abuse or was not racially neutral such that any presumption of discrimination raised by the statistics was supported. [Cits.]”

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

2. “a prima facie showing of a fair cross-section violation can be rebutted if the State can demonstrate that “attainment of a fair cross section [is] incompatible with a significant state interest.” [Cit.]”

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

3. “[a]s a general proposition, absolute disparities under 10 % usually are sufficient to satisfy constitutional requirements.”

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