862 So. 2d 266 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The state or the defendant may challenge a juror for cause on the ground that: * * * (2) The juror is not impartial, whatever the cause of his partiality. An opinion or impression as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant shall not of itself be sufficient ground of challenge to a juror, if he declares, and the court is satisfied, that he can render an impartial verdict according to the law and the evidence; ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 884 So. 2d 582 - State v. Jones

2. “[a] defendant who is deprived of his constitutional right to peremptory challenges due to circumstances beyond his control is no less deprived of that right than is a defendant who is deprived of the right by a trial court's erroneous denial of his challenge for cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 884 So. 2d 582 - State v. Jones

3. “[w]hile it is clear that Edward Delery was employed as a forensic light examiner in the New Orleans Police Department Crime Lab, it is less clear that he was a police officer. However, he did not correct the attorneys who addressed him as officer....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 884 So. 2d 582 - State v. Jones