672 So. 2d 1240 - Earl v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “assuming that the damaging potential of the cross-examination were fully realized, a reviewing court might nonetheless say that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Whether such an error is harmless in a particular case depends upon a host of factors, all readily accessible to reviewing courts. These factors include the importance of the witness' testimony in the prosecution's case, whether the testimony was cumulative, the presence of evidence corroborating or contradicting the testimony of the witness on material points, the extent of cross-examination otherwise permitted, and, of course, the overall strength of the prosecution's case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Singleton v. State · 815 So. 2d 1227 - Rice v. State

2. “[I]n holding the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, this Court said, "There are few subjects, perhaps, upon which this Court and other courts have been nearly unanimous than in their expressions of belief that the right of confrontation and cross-examination is an essential and fundamental requirement for the kind of fair trial which is this country's constitutional goal."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Strahan v. State · 717 So. 2d 722 - Cavett v. State

3. “the habitual offender allegations as set forth in the attachment hereto”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Simeon Hughes v. Walter Booker, Mike Moore, Attorney General, State of Mississippi · Simeon Hughes v. Walter Booker