Minniefield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Around 2:00 a.m. on September 25, 1986, as Michael Guiden was exiting his car, he was accosted by appellants and ordered at gunpoint to lie down on the front seat. Guiden was searched and relieved of the contents of his pockets, including his wallet, money, some betting slips, and other papers. Guiden then was ordered to get into the back seat. His assailants started the car and drove away with Guiden in the back seat. A short time later, Guiden escaped by jumping from the moving car. In the process, he injured his right side and right knee, for which he later was treated at St. Margaret’s Hospital and forced to walk with crutches for a month. After hearing a radio dispatch of the crime, including a description of Guiden’s car, police officers observed the car and gave chase. The chase ended abruptly when Guiden’s car failed to make a turn and crashed. Both occupants fled on foot, but later were captured.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Andre Thomas Scott v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) · Hill v. State

2. “if it results in serious bodily injury to any person other than a defendant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Andre Thomas Scott v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) · Minniefield v. State

3. “'neutral' explanation does not mean "justifiable on strategic grounds, nor does it mean 'practiced with regard to something other than the struck juror's racial identity with the defendant. It means 'neutral with regard to the struck juror's group identity'here, race-neutral.”

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