State v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Upon an inquiry as to the validity of a verdict or an indictment no evidence shall be received to show the effect of any statement, conduct, event or condition upon the mind of a juror as influencing him or her to assent to or dissent from the verdict or indictment or concerning the mental processes by which it was determined.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 40 Kan. App. 2d 1059 - State v. Johnson · State v. Martinez

2. “information that the defendant had been convicted of the same crime in a previous trial 'does not naturally or necessarily tend to corrupt the deliberations of a jury, presumably regardful of their 26 oaths and the instructions given by the court . . . .'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Care & Treatment of Sigler

3. “of a previous conviction for the same crime is not inherently prejudicial.”

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