Sanne v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 93 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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We conclude that the properly admitted evidence was such that the minds of an average jury would have found the State's case sufficient on the issue of the `probability that the defendant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society' even if Dr. Grigson's testimony had not been admitted. "”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Satterwhite v. State · Harris v. State

2. “We will describe two methods that could have been used to show the harm required to preserve this constitutional challenge for review. On the one hand, a defendant may choose to use a peremptory challenge to exclude a prospective juror while claiming he should have the right to reserve the strike until after the entire venire has been questioned. In such a case, harm would be shown by use of all peremptory challenges, denial of a request for additional peremptory challenges, and the seating of a juror upon whom the defendant would have exercised peremptory challenge. This rule allows correction of any error by giving the defendant an extra peremptory challenge for use against the venireman the defendant would have stricken if given a choice between him and the venireman against whom a peremptory had already been used. & * He * ⅜ * On the other hand, a defendant may, as [this defendant] did with respect to two veniremen, join the issue by declining to use a peremptory challenge to exclude a prospective juror while claiming he should have the right to reserve the strike. In such a situation, the defendant must show that at the end of the examining the venire, he made a retroactive request to exercise his peremptory challenges in the manner to which he claims he is entitled.”

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

3. “In Sanne , the defendant complained of the trial court’s failure to grant his motion for severance at the end of the guilt stage and before evidence on the punishment phase was heard. This contention is without merit for two reasons. First, the motion was not timely urged. Second, we have already reached a result favorable to appellant with respect to his double jeopardy claim addressed to punishment. This ground [for review], therefore, need not be considered.”

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