Sadler v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Jurors must be able to consider the full range of punishment for the crime as defined by the law. “They must be able, in a sense, to conceive both of a situation in which the minimum penalty would be appropriate and of a situation in which the maximum penalty would be appropriate.” Fuller v. State, 829 S.W.2d 191, 200 (Tex.Crim.App.1992), cert. denied 508 U.S. 941 , 113 S.Ct. 2418 , 124 L.Ed.2d 640 (1993). Punishment is thus a fact-bound determination. Appellant argues that jurors must be willing to consider the entire range of punishment not just for the crime itself, but for the crime as Appellant committed it. Appellant’s argument is without merit. The law requires jurors to use the facts to tailor the punishment to the crime as committed by the guilty defendant. As such, it would be nonsensical to rule that a juror who will use the facts to fit the punishment to the crime is unqualified and thus challengeable for cause — such a juror would be doing exactly what the law requires.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carroll, Timothy Earl v. State · Glauser v. State

2. “[b]ias against the law is refusal to consider or apply the relevant law. It exists when a venireperson's beliefs or opinions `would prevent or substantially impair the performance of his duties as a juror in accordance with his instructions and oath'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sanchez v. State