631 So. 2d 1059 - Lee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'1) that the group against whom discrimination is asserted is a distinct class, singled out for different treatment; 2) the degree of underrepresentation by comparing the proportion of the group in the total population to the proportion called to serve as foremen over a significant period of time; and 3) that the selection procedure is susceptible to abuse or is not racially neutral.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pace v. State · 631 So. 2d 1062 - Locke v. State

2. “"The appellant was indicted by a Monroe County grand jury in January 1990. It is undisputed that for the grand juries in Monroe County from 1977 to 1991, only one black (in 1985) and one female (in 1988) served as foreman. There was evidence that from April 1985 through March 1991, 12 different persons were appointed foreman of the grand jury."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 631 So. 2d 1062 - Locke v. State

3. “The argument that a black defendant's due process rights were not violated because the grand jury foreman's responsibilities were largely ministerial was rejected in Johnson [v. Puckett], 929 F.2d at 1071 [(5th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 898 , 112 S.Ct. 274 , 116 L.Ed.2d 226 (1991)].”

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