632 So. 2d 14 - Brown v. State’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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The method of determining impartiality is not critical. The crucial requirement is that the trial court get enough information to make a meaningful determination of juror impartiality. As the Court in Mu'Min [v. Virginia , 500 U.S. 415 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991),] stated: " 'Whether a trial court decides to put questions about the content of publicity to a potential juror or not, it must make the same decision at the end of the questioning: is this juror to be believed when he says he has not formed an opinion about the case?'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pressley v. State · 686 So. 2d 495 - Ivery v. State

2. “The method of determining impartiality is not critical. The crucial requirement is that the trial court get enough information to make a meaningful determination of juror impartiality. As the Court in Mu'Min [v. Virginia , 500 U.S. 415 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991),] stated: " 'Whether a trial court decides to put questions about the content of publicity to a potential juror or not, it must make the same decision at the end of the questioning: is this juror to be believed when he says he has not formed an opinion about the case?' " 500 U.S. at 425 , 111 S.Ct. at 1905 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 686 So. 2d 495 - Ivery v. State

3. “acquired adequate information from the venire to make an independent determination as to whether the jurors would be impartial”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 686 So. 2d 385 - Brown v. State