State v. Jefferson’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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

1. “the juror had specific knowledge of the movie 12 Angry Men, and the juror in a prior trial had brought into jury deliberations outside discussions. Id. at 472 . The Jefferson court first concluded that, under Batson , there would be no violation. Id. The Jefferson court also concluded that Washington's new rule related to jury selection would not apply to the proceeding. Id. at 477 . But the Jefferson court proceeded to apply a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Kenneth L. Lilly

2. “an objective observer could view race or ethnicity as a factor in the use of the peremptory challenge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Pierce

3. “If the court determines that an objective observer could view race or ethnicity as a factor,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Kenneth L. Lilly