Trinidad v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As long as only the twelve regular jurors voted on the verdicts that the appellants received, it cannot be said that they were judged by a jury of more than the constitutionally requisite number. That the alternate jurors were present in the jury rooms during deliberations, and may even have participated in all but the voting, does not mean that the jury was “composed” of more than twelve members for purposes of Article V, Section 13.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Castillo v. State

2. “couched in mandatory terms ... does not necessarily mean that the statute identifies an absolute prohibition or a waiver-only right,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Proenza, Abraham Jacob

3. “No person shall be permitted to be with the jury while it is deliberating,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Proenza, Abraham Jacob