Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “"The defendant further argues that because of his court-appointed counsel's failure to object to the remark of the witness that he was denied adequate representation of legal counsel. We cannot say that this event in and of itself would indicate inadequate legal representation. A defendant in a criminal prosecution for whom an attorney is appointed by the court is entitled to a fair trial, not to a perfect trial, and services of appointed counsel meet the requirements of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment where appointed counsel is a member in good standing of a bar, gives the defendant his complete loyalty, serves defendant in good faith to the best of his ability, and his service is of such character as to preserve the essential integrity of the proceedings."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Worchester v. State · Hatch v. State

2. ““Defendant further cites as error that the judgment and sentence was rendered through passion and prejudice of the jury because of the inflammatory remarks of the witness Sheldon in identifying the defendant as ‘The nigger. The second man.’ Defendant argues that this remark violates his civil rights, which is a matter beyond our consideration as wc are concerned with the validity of his criminal conviction. Granting that the term used by the witness was improper, we cannot hold as a matter of law that it so inflamed the jury as to render a judgment unsupported by the evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stevenson v. State

3. “prosecutions may be by indictment or information as they are alternative modes and ... a prosection [for a capital offense] by information does not violate either the 14th or 5th amendment of the Constitution of the United States”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cotner v. Hargett