Craig v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “7. Failure to object to State argument at the guilt stage that now the jurors should understand why police and prosecutors ask for certain verdicts in drug cases in order to avoid resulting tragedies like that in the present case; 10. After Jane Williams’ direct examination denial of overhearing Appellant’s discussion of the killing following news broadcasts observed in Marathon, counsel elicited on cross-examination that Appellant sought payment for the cocaine and only drew his weapon on Branscum because the latter was not taking him seriously; 11. At final argument on guilt, counsel responded to the State’s depiction of Appellant hunting Branscum by stating that the evidence did not show that Appellant ‘or one of his bandito friends’ was over there looking for Branscum, there being no evidence of Appellant’s association with anyone depicted as a ‘bandito’; 12. At final argument on punishment, counsel told the jury that their verdict would have no deterrent effect upon or change the life styles of any of the primary participants, including Appellant; 13. Continuing the cross-examination of Jane Williams by asking if, after the news broadcasts, Appellant was ‘bragging about having killed Kelly,’ thereby accepting a State-oriented interpretation of the circumstantial evidence and implications of Williams’ testimony; 14. At final argument on punishment, counsel stated that in ‘almost all of the other murder cases [they had tried, they had] evidence for two or three days’ and w”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Craig v. State · Craig v. State