State v. Rudd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A solicitor's closing argument must be carefully tailored so it does not appeal to the personal biases of the jurors.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Reese · State v. Holcomb

2. “On appeal, an appellate court will review the alleged impropriety of the solicitor's argument in the context of the entire record, including whether the trial [court]'s instructions adequately cured the improper argument and whether there is * overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt.”

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

3. “are improper because they inject an arbitrary factor into jury deliberations. The danger is that a juror might be persuaded to rely on the opinion of others instead of exercising his independent judgment as to the facts....”

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