Gaines v. State’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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The United States Supreme Court dealt with this issue in Swain v. Alabama, [ 380 U.S. 202 , 85 S.Ct. 824, 13 L.Ed.2d 759 (1965) ]. [Quotation omitted.] 17”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 449 So. 2d 209 - Booker v. State · 460 So. 2d 792 - In Re Hill

2. “Appellant claims that his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the prosecution exercised its peremptory challenges on only the black members of the jury venire. Furthermore, the defendant argues that, in the wake of such action, the trial court erred in not quashing the petit jury. 16 "The United States Supreme Court dealt with this issue in Swain v. Alabama, [ 380 U.S. 202 , 85 S.Ct. 824, 13 L.Ed.2d 759 (1965) ]. [Quotation omitted.] 17 "For the reasons stated in Swain, the motion to quash the jury was properly denied.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robert C. Gilliard, Jr. v. Mississippi

3. “The sheriff voluntarily removed himself during the testimony of those witnesses whose testimony he might be called to rebut or whose testimony might be used to bolster or fortify his own.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 548 So. 2d 118 - Stokes v. State