State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The state or the defendant may challenge a juror for cause on the ground that: .... (2) The juror is not impartial, whatever the cause of his partiality. An opinion or impression as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant shall not of itself be sufficient ground of challenge to a juror, if he declares, and the court is satisfied, that he can render an impartial verdict according to the law and the evidence; (3) The relationship, whether by blood, marriage, employment, friendship, or enmity between the juror and the defendant, the person injured by the offense, the district attorney, or defense counsel, is such that it is reasonable to conclude that it would influence the juror in arriving at a verdict; (4) The juror will not accept the law as given to him by the court; ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 696 So. 2d 22 - State v. Pooler

2. “"The second step of this process does not demand an explanation that is persuasive, or even plausible." Purkett v. Elem., 514 U.S. 765, 767-768 , 115 S.Ct. 1769, 1771 , 131 L.Ed.2d 834 (1995). Because a trial judge's findings pertaining to purposeful discrimination turn largely on credibility evaluations, such findings ordinarily should be entitled to great deference by a reviewing court. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. at 98 n. 21, 106 S.Ct. at 1724 n. 21. Reasons offered to explain the exercise of peremptory challenges should be deemed raceneutral unless a discriminatory intent was inherent in those reasons. See Hernandez v. New York, 500 U.S. at 359 , 111 S.Ct. at 1866 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 696 So. 2d 22 - State v. Pooler

3. “First, the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the prosecutor has exercised peremptory challenges on the basis of race. Second, if the requisite showing has been made, the burden shifts to the prosecutor to articulate a race-neutral explanation for striking the jurors in question. Finally, the trial court must determine whether the defendant has carried his burden of proving purposeful discrimination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 696 So. 2d 22 - State v. Pooler