Carpenter v. Chapleau’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In a death penalty trial, the jury considers facts bearing on the guilt or innocence of the accused and circumstances surrounding the underlying crime. In Kentucky’s sentence enhancement proceedings, however, the jury’s determination of PFO status is completely independent of the facts surrounding the underlying crime for which the defendant was convicted. We do not believe the Double Jeopardy Clause is implicated in such a proceeding.” 72 F.3d at 1274 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 24 Kan. App. 2d 868 - State v. Maggard · 16 Cal. 4th 826 - People v. Monge

2. “meets the Burks Court's definition of trial error and is not a true finding of inadequacy of evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 16 Cal. 4th 826 - People v. Monge

3. “This clearly is a case of `trial error,' and not of insufficiency of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 16 Cal. 4th 826 - People v. Monge