State v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 34 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “so inexcusable, serious, and prejudicial that the defendant's right to a fair trial was denied.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Christian · State v. Bailey

2. “In finding that the state’s questions were not subterfuge and did not reflect any racial motive, the district court’s conclusion could be viewed effectively as a ruling on pretext rather than on whether Henderson made out his prima facie case. Where a district court resolves the issue of pretext first instead of addressing whether a prima facie case was made, ‘the issue whether the defendant established a prima facie case of the discriminatory use of a peremptory strike is moot.’”

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

3. “A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless it is corroborated by such other evidence as tends to convict the defendant of the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re the Welfare of S.H.H.