Chambers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 116 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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In Batson , the Supreme Court outlined an analytical tool for testing the challenges to the State’s use of peremptory strikes: Initially, the defendant must establish a prima facie showing that the State exercised its peremptory challenges on a basis of race. The burden then shifts to the State to articulate race-neutral explanations for its questioned strikes; the defendant may rebut these explanations. Finally, the trial court must determine whether the defendant has carried his burden of proving purposeful racial discrimination by the state. [Batson, 476 U.S. at 106 , 106 S.Ct. at 1728 .]” 866 S.W.2d 9, 23 (Tex.Cr.App.1993)”

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

2. “The conviction was obtained in violation of Petitioner’s rights under the [E]ighth and [Fourteenth [A]mendment[s] to the United States Constitution because the jury was not instructed with sufficient clarity to give the jury an opportunity to express a reasoned moral response to the evidence offered in mitigation of the sentence of death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 8 F. Supp. 2d 942 - Gribble v. Johnson

3. “[a]ll that is required is that there be some evidence which renders the commission of the offense more probable than it would be without the evidence.”

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