State v. Adams’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. “prejudicial conduct in or outside the courtroom makes it impossible for the defendant to obtain a fair trial.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Vidrine · 776 So. 2d 1188 - State v. Calhoun

2. “[B]ut out of abundant caution [the trial court] removed Ms. Benton from the jury. The defense moved for mistrial, which the court denied, giving the defense instead several options for filling Ms. Benton's place. The defense agreed to let one alternate juror take her place, but reserved an objection. Adams now contends that he suffered from "general prejudice," that the contact between Mrs. Chisley and Ms. Benton "possibly" tainted the entire jury, and that allowing the alternate to serve undermined his strategic use of peremptory challenges. Despite defense counsel's argument to the District Court and to this court that Mrs. Chisley related certain facts of the case to Ms. Benton, this was not substantiated by either conversant. It was also not corroborated by the defendant's mother. The talk appears to have been limited to why the two ladies—who both work for the school board—were present in the court house. This is not the extremely prejudicial contact shown in State v. Charles, supra, or in State v. Cantu, 469 So.2d 1083 (La.App. 2 Cir.1985). Rather, it was innocuous and did not affect the trial at all. See, State v. Ross, 95 1240 (La.App. 1 Cir. 5/10/96) , 674 So.2d 489 ; State v. Hawkins, 496 So.2d 643 (La.App. 1 Cir.1986), writ denied 500 So.2d 420 (1987).”

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