Andrews v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Based on this portion of the transcript, it appears that the State’s reason for being willing to stipulate to the removal of Mr. Gillespie and later for the exercise of a peremptory challenge to strike him from the venire was to protect against possible error and a subsequent appeal that might be based on that issue. In all events, the record is undisputed that counsel for William Andrews clearly agreed to the removal of Mr. Gillespie after the motion to strike for cause was denied. Having twice sought to remove Mr. Gillespie from the jury panel, William Andrews cannot now claim that he was somehow prejudiced by the State’s removal of Mr. Gillespie. For these reasons, we do not believe that petitioner’s constitutional rights were in any way prejudiced.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 743 F. Supp. 1496 - Andrews v. Barnes · Andrews v. Deland

2. “Petitioner also asserts that error was committed in the penalty phase of the trial by virtue of the fact that a witness testified that three persons who had been convicted of first degree murder and subsequently released from the state prison had again committed murder. Petitioner asserts that the testimony was inaccurate in that only one of those persons can be shown to have committed murder. Even if petitioner’s allegation is accurate, we do not believe that the error was sufficient to have played any role whatsoever in the jury’s determination of the appropriate penalty under the circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 743 F. Supp. 1496 - Andrews v. Barnes · Andrews v. Deland

3. “... there is good cause under Rule 65B(i)(4), Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, which warrants addressing the issue on its merits even though there have been previous petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed in this court. 20”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 743 F. Supp. 1496 - Andrews v. Barnes