State v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 76 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The qualifications of a juror on the panel from which peremptory challenges by the defense are made shall not constitute a ground for the granting of a motion for new trial or the reversal of a conviction or sentence unless such juror served upon the jury at the defendant’s trial and participated in the verdict rendered against the defendant.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Clark · Cummings v. State

2. “Statements made in closing argument will rarely amount to plain error, and any assertion that the trial court erred for failure to intervene sua sponte overlooks the fact that the absence of an objection by trial counsel may have been strategic in nature.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. White · 579 F. Supp. 2d 1246 - Cole v. Roper

3. “I can't think of a case that could be more important to the people of St. Louis County;” (2)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cole v. State · 579 F. Supp. 2d 1246 - Cole v. Roper