Yanez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Art. 35.17. Voir Dire Examination “1. When the court in its discretion so directs, except as provided in Section 2, the State and defendant shall conduct the voir dire examination of prospective jurors in the presence of the entire panel. “2. In a capital felony case, the court shall propound to the entire panel of prospective jurors questions concerning the principles, as applicable to the case on trial, of reasonable doubt, burden of proof, return of indictment by grand jury, presumption of innocence, and opinion. Then on demand of the State or the defendant, either is entitled to examine each juror on voir dire individually and apart from the entire panel, and may further question the juror on the principles propounded by the court.” [Emphasis added.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Turner v. State · Davis v. State

2. ““For purposes of Art. 35.11, supra, we hold that the voir dire examination of the jury panel does not commence until all of the members of the jury panel have been shown to be qualified to serve as jurors in the cause and are seated in the courtroom. After it has been determined by the trial judge which persons will make up the jury panel from which will come the jury that will hear the case, and those persons have been seated in the courtroom, if the accused person then makes a motion, either orally or in writing, for a shuffle of the names of the members of the jury panel, such motion will be deemed to have been timely made.” (emphasis added.) at pg- 69.”

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

3. “The trial judge, upon demand of the defendant or his attorney, or of the State’s counsel, shall cause a sufficient number of jurors from which a jury may be selected to try the case to be randomly selected from the member of the general panel drawn or assigned as jurors in the case. The clerk shall randomly select the jurors by a computer or other process of random selection and shall write or print the names, in the order selected, on the jury list from which the jury is to be selected to try the ease. The clerk shall deliver a copy of the list to the State’s counsel and to the defendant or his attorney.”

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