State v. Strickland’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is very clear to our minds that this legislation was prompted by the frequent rulings of the courts tending to cure a vicious practice on the part of defendants in criminal prosecutions who would take their chances of an acquittal before a defective jury, and who would in case of conviction urge irregularities in the formation of the jury, which they should have set up in the preliminary stages of the trial."”

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

2. ““That all objections to the manner of drawing juries, or to any defect or irregularity than [that] can be pleaded against any array or venire, must be urged on the first day of the term, or all such objections shall be considered as waived, and shall not afterwards be urged.””

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