Henderson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 89 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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In judging a prosecutor's closing argument, the standard is whether the argument `so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process.'”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. State · Bryant v. State

2. “[i]n reviewing allegedly improper prosecutorial comments, conduct, and questioning of witnesses, the task of this Court is to consider their impact in the context of the particular trial, and not to view the allegedly improper acts in the abstract.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bryant v. State · 811 So. 2d 557 - Burgess v. State

3. “"Whenever a victim is unable to attend such trial or hearing or any portion thereof by reason of death; disability; hardship, incapacity; physical, mental, or emotional condition; age; or other inability, the victim, the victim's guardian or the victim's family may select a representative who shall be entitled to exercise any right granted to the victim, pursuant to the provisions of this article."”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 632 So. 2d 503 - Harris v. State · 811 So. 2d 557 - Burgess v. State