State v. Peacock’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]t is elemental that due process includes the right to have a fair trial be- . fore an impartial jury that, has not been influenced by anything other than properly introduced evidence, the court’s instructions, and .the attorneys’ arguments. That right is threatened if self-appointed guardians, of the public’s morals are permitted, through speech, gestures, demonstrations and the-like, to make a calculated attempt to improperly coerce the jury into adopting the watchdog group’s point of view. Courts should be extremely-vigilant to ensure that such demonstrations do not occur, and, if they do, to take immediate corrective action..”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Missouri v. Willis Jackson Hartman III

2. “A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the third degree if he knowingly promotes prostitution.”

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