Stotts v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that the juror did not understand the law as contained in the court’s instructions, or that he did not join in the verdict, or that he voted a certain way due to a misconception of the evidence, or misunderstood the statements of a witness, or was mistaken in his calculations, or other matters ‘resting alone in the juror’s breast.’ A juror who has reached his conclusions on the basis of evidence presented for his consideration may not have his mental processes and innermost thoughts put on a slide for examination under the judicial microscope.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McBride v. Farley

2. ““Counsel learned about the misconduct of several other jurors through Juror Flippo. Juror Flippo’s affidavit reveals that he gained the information concerning the visits of one or more jurors to the accident scene, in the course of juror deliberations. What transpires during the deliberations between fellow jurors cannot be scrutinized because it’s an invasion into the sanctity of the jury room. Further, it is inadmissible hearsay. As a result, we focus on the testimony of Juror Flippo at the hearing of September 28,1990.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Daus