Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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. “At this hearing [Cleveland] shall be given the opportunity to raise the inference that the State improperly exercised its peremptory challenges. If [Cleveland] makes this showing to the satisfaction of the trial court, the State should then be required to come forward with a neutral explanation for the use of its strikes. If the trial court determines, under Batson , that purposeful discrimination has been established, then the trial court should enter this finding in its findings of fact and conclusions of law.””

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

2. ““In its brief, the State argues that the Batson protections should not apply to appellant because he did not object before the jury was sworn. We find nothing in the Supreme Court opinions which requires that, in cases pending on review or not yet final at the time the Batson case was decided, the defendant object before the jury was sworn. Rather, the opinions suggest at most that the defendant present the issue to the trial court. ” 2 (Emphasis supplied.)”

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