721 So. 2d 239 - Deramus v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “"The following oath shall be administered by the clerk, in the presence of the court, to each of the petit jurors: `You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will well and truly try all issues which may be submitted to you during the present session (or week, as the case may be), and true verdicts render according to the evidence — so help you God.'. . . . "”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 721 So. 2d 242 - Ex Parte Deramus · 722 So. 2d 782 - Dyson v. State

2. “"Do you and each of you solemnly swear or affirm that you will well and truly answer all questions asked of you by the Court as to your general qualifications to serve as a juror and that you will well and truly try all issues and execute all writs of inquiry submitted to you and true verdicts render according to the law and evidence, so help you God?"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 721 So. 2d 242 - Ex Parte Deramus

3. ““No party may assign as error the giving or failing to give a written instruction, or the giving of an erroneous, misleading, incomplete, or otherwise improper oral charge, unless he objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 79 So. 3d 671 - Patrick Napolean Smith v. State of Alabama.