Cogmon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “independently arrived at the verdict along with the other five members of the jury,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzalez v. State · 632 So. 2d 1080 - Brutton v. State

2. “After stating that the verdict would not agree with her conclusions, she was asked if that was the verdict she reached in the jury room and she said yes, but it is clear that on being polled she repudiated that agreement and thereafter did not disavow the repudiation ... . Juror Searcy having dissented from the verdict and there having been no subsequent unanimous verdict, a mistrial should have been declared.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 632 So. 2d 1080 - Brutton v. State