State v. Demone Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he mere occurrence of an ex parte conversation between a trial judge and a juror does not constitute a deprivation of any constitutional right. The defense has no constitutional right to be present at every interaction between a judge and a juror, nor is there a constitutional right to have a court reporter transcribe every such communication.”

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

2. “The constitutional right to presence is rooted to a large extent in the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, but we have recognized that this right is protected by the Due Process Clause in some situations where the defendant is not actually confronting witnesses or evidence against him.”

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

3. “whether the defendant could meaningfully participate, whether he [or she] would gain anything by attending, and whether the presence of the defendant would be counterproductive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 384 Wis. 2d 633 - State v. Jewell