Sneed v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Authority may be cited for a standard requiring a showing that (1) a misstatement of the law (2) asserted as fact (3) by one professing to know the law (4) which is relied upon by other jurors (5) who for that reason change their vote to a harsher punishment, before reversible error is shown; but likewise authority may be cited which would require only a showing that a statement on the parole law was made and it was either untrue or it was harmful. Much distance lies between these extremes.” Ibid.”

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

2. ““it affirmatively appears from the record that the parole law was discussed extensively without constraint, and that at least three jurors increased appellant’s punishment because of the discussion. The uncontradicted affirmation is that appellant’s punishment was increased in expectation that clemency powers would be exercised.””

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