995 So. 2d 698 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

71 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 43 So. 3d 1127 - Tillis v. State · 44 So. 3d 365 - Johnson v. State

2. “resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice or 'seriously affects the fairness, integrity[,] or public reputation of judicial proceedings.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 271 So. 3d 650 - Faron Young v. State of Mississippi · 176 So. 3d 108 - L. A. Barksdale v. State of Mississippi

3. “most constitutional errors can be harmless.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trevontae Johnson v. State of Mississippi · 56 So. 3d 469 - Gillett v. State