State v. Light’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because of the misconduct of the jury and the police officer witnesses of Plaintiff. During recesses and at the dinner furnished by the Court for the jury, the police officers were seen repeatedly talking to the jury and soliciting conversation with the members of the jury. The jury were heard to be talking to each other about Defendant’s guilt during a recess before the case was submitted to the jury. On one occasion the prosecutor was seen talking to a juror during a recess.”

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

2. “1. The court shall find the defendant to be a prior offender ... if (3) The court makes findings of fact that warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt by the court that the defendant is a prior offender ... 2. In a jury trial, the facts [warranting a finding that the defendant is a prior offender] shall be pleaded, established and found prior to submission to the jury outside of their hearing ...”

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