922 So. 2d 508 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] case in which the punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor shall be tried before a jury of twelve persons, ten of whom must concur to render a verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Johnson · 52 So. 3d 273 - State v. Johnson

2. “[c]ases in which punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor shall be tried by a jury composed of twelve jurors, ten of whom must concur to render a verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Miller · 927 So. 2d 650 - State v. Humphries

3. “While the Louisiana Constitution and La. C. Cr. P. art. 782 required that a six person jury hear [the defendant's] case, we find that his conviction by a unanimous twelve person jury does not rise to the level of a structural error. ... We find that [the defendant] has not shown, nor do we find, that he was prejudiced by having his case decided by a unanimous jury of twelve. Twelve persons unanimously convicted [the defendant] of DWI. Furthermore, we find that the empaneling of a jury composed of a greater number of persons than constitutionally required is no longer a non-waivable jurisdictional defect subject to automatic nullity. Hence, we find [defendant's] unanimous verdict by twelve jurors, when the constitution requires a unanimous jury of six person, was harmless error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 927 So. 2d 650 - State v. Humphries