State v. Thorne’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 18 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““From the misconduct disclosed and the exposure of the juror to harmful influences, prejudice is presumed, and the burden cast on the state to show what the communication was, and that it was harmless and could not have influenced or affected the deliberations of the juror or his verdict.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Burns · State v. Jonas

2. ““After a final submission of a case to a jury, and before reaching a conclusion as to their verdict, to permit a juror without the court’s permission to leave his fellow jurors and go to another portion of the building and there engage in a private conversation over the telephone is a practice not to be tolerated.””

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

3. ““Every person guilty of murder in the first degree shall suffer death, or, upon the recommendation of the jury, may be imprisoned at hard labor in the state prison for life, in the discretion of the court. * * *””

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