State v. Epps’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “The prosecutor argued that she had to lay a foundation for the expert testimony and was attempting to do so by questioning the victim about previous alleged assaults by the defendant. The defendant became aware, at the end of the state's case, that the state was not going to call its expert on domestic violence and the circle of violence, but the defendant never objected to the lack of expert testimony. 1 On appeal, the defendant first argues that the court improperly admitted uncharged misconduct evidence because it was admitted to establish the existence of a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Epps

2. “Furthermore, the defendant was given the opportunity to cross-examine the victim after she testified regarding the cyclical nature of her relationship with him. Therefore, this claim is purely an evidentiary claim, not a constitutional claim. The fact that the court allowed the victim to describe her relationship as a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Epps

3. “a handful of times. The defendant never once objected to the use of this term. In arguing as to why the uncharged misconduct evidence should be admitted, the state noted that it had included an expert on its witness list who would be testifying with regard to domestic violence and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Epps