Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Impartiality must be maintained, not only in the interest of fairness to the accused in the given case, but also to assure the integrity of the judicial process itself. Jury prejudice and bias, either actual or apparent, may not be allowed to derogate from society’s confidence in its judicial system. Indeed, as was well stated nearly seven decades ago: “Aside from protecting the rights of the parties, in the fair and impartial administration of justice, respect for the courts calls for their condemnation of any improper conduct, however slight, on the part of a juror, of a party, or of any other person calculated to influence the jury in returning a verdict. So delicate are the balances of weighing justice that what might seem trivial under some circumstances would turn the scales to its perversion. Not only the evil, in such cases, but the appearances of evil, if possible, should be avoided” (Emphasis added.) George F. Craig & Co. v. Pierson, 169 Ala. 548 , 53 So. 803 (1910).”

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

2. “|T|he offense to the system is aggravated when, as in the present case, the juror was aware of the relationship and his nondisclosure deliberate.”). 75 . In denying Caldwell's motion for a mistrial, the Superior Court observed that "the question propounded to the juror could lead someone to conclude that it does not apply to another member of the Attorney General's Office”

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