State v. Hazard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under this approach, ‘an instructional omission, misdescription, or conclusive presumption can be subject to harmless-error analysis * * *: (1) where the defendant is acquitted of the offense on which the jury was improperly instructed * * *; (2) where the defendant admitted the element on which the jury was improperly instructed; and (3) where other facts necessarily found by the jury are the “functional equivalent” of the omitted, misdescribed, or presumed element.’ ” Id. at 753 (quoting Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1, 13 , 119 S.Ct. 1827 , 144 L.Ed.2d 35 (1999)).”

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

2. “the burden of proving `every element necessary to constitute the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt.'”

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

3. “the accused shall enjoy the right * * * to be confronted with the witnesses against him [or her].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Fisher