Blue v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

96 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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he comments of the trial judge ... tainted appellant's presumption of innocence in front of the venire,”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Proenza, Abraham Jacob · Miles v. State

2. “If the appellate record in a criminal case reveals constitutional error that is subject to harmless error review, the court of appeals must reverse a judgment of conviction or punishment unless the court determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the conviction or punishment.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Proenza, Abraham Jacob · Marshall v. State

3. “it is the province of this Court to `take notice of fundamental errors affecting substantial rights although they were not presented to the court.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Singleton v. State · Michael Ray Comeaux v. State