Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

54 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “clearly blatant violations of basic and elementary principles of due process.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Antonio M. Merritt v. State of Indiana · Malcolm R. DePriest v. State of Indiana

2. “[A]n error in ruling on a motion to exclude improperly seized evidence is not per se fundamental error. Indeed, because improperly seized evidence is frequently highly relevant, its admission ordinarily does not cause us to question guilt. That is the case here. The only basis for questioning Brown’s conviction lies not in doubt as to whether Brown committed these crimes, but rather in a challenge to the integrity of the judicial process. We do not consider that admission of unlawfully seized evidence ipso facto requires reversal. Here, there is no claim of fabrication of evidence or willful malfeasance on the part of the investigating officers and no contention that the evidence is not what it appears to be. In short, the claimed error does not rise to the level of fundamental error.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Antonio M. Merritt v. State of Indiana · Sirajuddin Abdul Qadir v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)

3. “a claimed error in admitting unlawfully seized evidence at trial is not preserved for appeal unless an objection was lodged at the time the evidence was offered.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sirajuddin Abdul Qadir v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) · Segar v. State