Murrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “You know that the identifying witness is of a different race than the Defendant. When a witness, who is a member of one (1) race identifies a member who is of another race, we say there has been a cross-racial identification. You may consider, if you think it is appropriate to do so, whether the cross-racial nature of the identification has affected the accuracy of the witness' [sic] original perception and/or the accuracy of a subsequent identification.”

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

2. “not demonstrated a specific risk that Trooper Fitzgerald's identification may have been mistaken due to eross-racial factors.”

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

3. “'Indiana law ... is distinctly biased against jury instructions which single out eyewitness identification testimony.'”

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