State v. Touissant’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Batson v. Kentucky · State v. Oliveaux · State v. Weiland · 523 So. 2d 1305 - State v. Mussall
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial judge's determination pertaining to purposeful discrimination rests largely on credibility evaluations, so his findings are entitled to great deference by the reviewing court. The trial judge, advantaged by observing the characteristics and demeanor of the attorneys and prospective jurors, occupies the best position for deciding whether a discriminatory objective underlies peremptory challenges. (citations omitted)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.