Bowers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 51 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is [the trial judge] who is best equipped to decide the extent to which security measures should be adopted to prevent disruption of the trial, harm to those in the courtroom, escape of the accused, and the prevention of other crimes, [citations omitted.] As a discretionary matter, the [trial] judge’s decision with regard to measures for security is subject to limited review to determine if it is abused.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 118 Md. App. 384 - Barrios v. State · Lovell v. State

2. ““Cases which concern such prejudice deal with the adverse effects that such restraints have upon the accused’s presumption of innocence [citations omitted]. But appellant did not stand before the sentencing jury as an innocent man; rather he stood as a confessed murderer of three persons. The critical issue in a restraint case is the degree of prejudice caused by the restraints. Here, we can find very little prejudice since the appellant was an avowed dangerous individual.””

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

3. ““In [cited cases] we have found voir dire adequate to screen out any prejudice caused by pretrial publicity in the area from which the jury was drawn. If adequate for that, it certainly should be adequate for selection of a jury untainted with prejudice because of a defendant’s shackling. Only one juror indicated that shackling would influence him and that juror was excused.””

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