United States v. Carr’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 9 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appellant in the instant case argues that because several prospective jurors “likely” saw him in handcuffs and a waist chain in a courthouse hallway before trial, he was denied a fair trial. We reject this contention and note that a mere unsubstantiated allegation that prospective jury members “likely” saw a defendant in custody does not satisfy a defendant’s burden of affirmatively showing that he was prejudiced.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Payne v. Smith

2. “[B]rief and inadvertent exposure of defendants to jurors is not inherently prejudicial; the defendant must bear the burden of affirmatively demonstrating prejudice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Rudolph Poindexter