Grayson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trial court's decision on a motion for funding for consultants or investigators for an indigent defendant is reviewed for abuse of discretion.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. King v. State · 847 So. 2d 825 - Townsend v. State

2. “(3) With regard to the sentence, the court shall determine: (a) Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor; (b) Whether the evidence supports the jury's or judge's finding of a statutory aggravating circumstance as enumerated in Section 99-19-101; (c) Whether the sentence of death is excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and the defendant; and (d) Should one or more of the aggravating circumstances be found invalid on appeal, the Mississippi Supreme Court shall determine whether the remaining aggravating circumstances are outweighed by the mitigating circumstances or whether the inclusion of any invalid circumstance was harmless error, or both.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 872 So. 2d 1 - Brawner v. State · 867 So. 2d 219 - Stevens v. State

3. “At that moment, Cagler could have mentioned his pardon, but he did not. ¶ 20. Cagler has clearly failed to demonstrate an error by the trial court when it allowed the indictment to be amended. IV. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR A MISTRIAL. ¶ 21. Cagler alleges that the trial judge erred when he overruled Cagler's *Page 494 motion for a mistrial. He claims that a person on the venire gave answers to a question that”

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