State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “exclusion does not in the context of this case seem prejudicial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Luebbers · Brown v. Luebbers

2. “The State’s explanation for the strike only has to be facially race-neutral. Unless a discriminatory intent is inherent in the explanation, the court will deem the explanation race-neutral, even if it is not persuasive or even plausible. If the prosecutor states a race-neutral reason for the strike, the burden shifts back to the defendant to show that the State’s explanation was merely pretextual and that the strikes were, in fact, racially motivated. If the defendant fails to challenge the State’s explanation of the peremptory strike as a pretext, and simply relies on general or conclusory allegations about the State’s reasoning, no effective Batson challenge has been made, and nothing is preserved for appeal.”

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

3. “Id. at 36. The detective said Brown did not appear tired and was calm when the officers interviewed him. 29 The Missouri Supreme Court noted that Brown was adequately informed of his Miranda rights: he was told of those rights several times during the interview, he indicated each time that he understood them, and he twice signed a waiver. At the end of the last step in the interview (Brown's fifty-five-minute videotaped statement), Brown indicated that he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. In any event, the court said, a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Luebbers