Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) that the prosecutor used peremptory strikes to remove members of a cognizable racial group from the jury pool; and (2) that the facts and cireumstances raise an inference that the prosecutor used those strikes to exelude potential jury members from the jury because of their race.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State · Dickens v. State

2. “Peremptory strikes are improper when used to exelude potential jurors from serving solely because of race.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State · Dickens v. State

3. “Unless a discriminatory intent is inherent in the prosecutor's explanation, the reason offered will be deemed race neutral.”

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