Rogers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is the character of the evidence that controls the determination of this issue, and the Court will not speculate on the probable effects on the jury or the question of injury. . . . Unless there is a fact issue raised on whether the jury actually received the other evidence . the statute requires reversal if the evidence was adverse to the defendant. The statutory provision here applied was designed by the Legislature to guarantee the integrity of the fundamental right to trial by jury by restricting the jury’s consideration of evidence to that which is properly introduced during the trial.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trevino v. State · Stephenson v. State

2. ““New trials, in cases of felony shall be granted for the following cause, and no other: 7. Where the jury, after having retired to deliberate upon a case, has received other testimony; . . . ” (Emphasis added)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trevino v. State · Stanley v. State