Clanton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “most especially ... since Clanton did not testify himself, and there is no testimony in the record before the jury that Carpenter [the victim] consented to this sexual activity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 805 So. 2d 452 - Simmons v. State · 766 So. 2d 795 - Jackson v. State

2. “Clanton, pre-trial, vigorously opposed the statements being offered into evidence by the State, which the court overruled. The State, however, at trial made no effort to offer either into evidence. Clanton did not testify in his own behalf, and no witnesses were offered by the defense. Clanton did seek to introduce the two statements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 805 So. 2d 452 - Simmons v. State

3. “Clearly, hearsay statements such as these are inadmissible when there has been no testimony of any kind offered to support them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 766 So. 2d 795 - Jackson v. State