605 So. 2d 661 - State v. Scriber’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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

1. “The state or the defendant may challenge a juror for cause on the ground that: . . . . (2) The juror is not impartial, whatever the cause of his partiality. An opinion or impression as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant shall not of itself be sufficient ground of challenge to a juror, if he declares, and the court is satisfied, that he can render an impartial verdict according to the law and the evidence; . . . . (4) The juror will not accept the law as given to him by the court....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 618 So. 2d 659 - State v. Essex

2. “When an accused has exhausted all of his peremptory challenges before completion of the jury panel, he is entitled to complain on appeal of a ruling refusing to maintain a challenge for cause made by him. State v. Monroe, 366 So.2d 1345 (La.1978), appeal after remand, 397 So.2d 1258 (La.1981), cert. denied, 463 U.S. 1229 , 103 S.Ct. 3571 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1411 , reh. denied, 463 U.S. 1249 , 104 S.Ct. 36 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1455 (1983).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 So. 3d 666 - State v. Barnes