Easley, Damian Demitrius’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 13 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Constitutional Error. 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. (b) Other Errors . Any other error, defect, irregularity, or variance that does not affect substantial rights must be disregarded.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Proenza, Abraham Jacob · Jacobs v. State

2. “explaining the concept of beyond a reasonable doubt and exploring the veniremembers' understanding and beliefs of reasonable doubt by other methods.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jacobs v. State · Quezada v. State

3. “A constitutional violation may arise only if “(1) a state evidentiary rule categorically and arbitrarily prohibits the defendant from offering otherwise relevant, rehable evidence vital to his defense; or (2) a trial court’s clearly erroneous ruling results in the exclusion of admissible evidence that forms the vital core of a defendant’s theory of defense and effectively prevents him from presenting that defense.””

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