Turney v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 17 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A person commits the crime of jury tampering if the person directly or indirectly communicates with a juror other than as permitted by the rules governing the official proceeding with the intent to (1) influence the juror’s vote, opinion, decision, or other action as a juror; or (2) otherwise affect the outcome of the official proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Heicklen

2. “Efforts to influence a grand jury in its deliberations respecting specific matters under investigation by it are not shielded by the constitutional right of free speech.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 561 - People of Michigan v. Keith Eric Wood

3. “imprecise language encourages arbitrary enforcement by allowing prosecuting authorities undue discretion to determine the scope of its prohibitions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles v. Niedermeyer