Robinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Upon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the course of the jury's deliberations or to the effect of anything upon that or any other juror's mind or emotions as influencing the juror to assent to or dissent from the verdict or indictment concerning the juror's mental processes in connection therewith, ex cept that a juror may testify (1) to drug or aleohol use by any juror, (2) on the question of whether extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury's attention or (8) whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror. A juror's affidavit or evidence of any statement by the juror concerning a matter about which the juror would be precluded from testifying may not be received for these purposes."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Evans v. Buffington Harbor River Boats, LLC

2. “step inside the `head' of each jury member and to second-guess the complex manner in which the jury weighed the evidence and the law to reach its verdict”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Evans v. Buffington Harbor River Boats, LLC