806 So. 2d 185 - Randall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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55 state decisions

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

1. “[i]f a defendant opens the door to line of testimony, ordinarily he may not complain about the prosecutor's decision to accept the benevolent invitation to cross the threshold.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moss v. State · 829 So. 2d 29 - Kolberg v. State

2. “even if we find that the details of [the defendant's] prior conviction are appropriate, that Miss. R. Evid. 403 still required their exclusion. However, as the State argues, Rules 101 and 1101(b)(3) state that the Rules of Evidence do not apply to sentencing hearings. Thus, this argument is also without merit.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Armstrong v. State · Wilson v. State

3. “or mastermind of the crime, and/or (3) the co-defendant was also sentenced to death or was not subject to sentencing by a jury. While the co-defendants testified that Randall and Stokes both pointed guns at Daniels, there is no proof as to who actually killed him. The jury specifically declined to find that Randall killed or attempted to kill Daniels. Additionally, Stokes only received life in prison and the other co-defendants entered into plea agreements which spared their lives. Because the only fact, as found by the jury, was that Randall”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Abdur Rahim Ambrose v. State of Mississippi · Byrom v. State