Dobbs v. Zant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Upon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the course of the jury’s deliberations or to the effect of anything upon that or any other juror’s mind or emotions as influencing the juror to assent to or dissent from the verdict or indictment or concerning the juror’s mental processes in connection therewith, except that a juror may testify on the question whether extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury’s attention or whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror. Nor may a juror’s affidavit or evidence of any statement by the juror concerning a matter about which the juror would be precluded from testifying be received for these purposes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 332 F. Supp. 2d 325 - United States v. Sampson

2. “in the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial have no federal right to prevent jury consideration of the possibility that [defendant] will be paroled if sentenced to life imprisonment”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Larry T. Brown v. R. Michael Cody Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma

3. “We the jury would like to know on the--say a felony from 1 to 10 years, we would sentence them to 10 years, would he be eligible for parole within 10 years?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ingram v. Zant