Roderick Beham v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “consider everything in the record, including any testimony or physical evidence admitted for the jury’s consideration, the nature of the evidence supporting the verdict, the character of the alleged error and how it might be considered in connection with other evidence in the case. The reviewing court may also consider the jury instructions, the State’s theory and any defensive theories, closing arguments, voir dire, and whether the State emphasized the error.”

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

2. “determining the appropriate sentence for a particular defendant in a particular case.”

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

3. “as to any matter the court deems relevant to sentencing[.]”

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