State v. Hayes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In matters involving the admission of evidence, this Court reviews for prejudice, not mere error, and will reverse only if the error was so prejudicial that it deprived the defendant of a fair trial. State v. Anderson, 76 S.W.3d 275, 277 (Mo.banc 2002). Absent some showing that the evidence inflamed the [fact-finder] or diverted its attention from the issues to be resolved, the receipt of evidence even though irrelevant and immaterial, cannot constitute prejudicial or reversible error. [State v.] Mills, 809 S.W.2d [1] at 4 [ (Mo.App.1990) ]. Further, evidence which might be considered prejudicial in a close case is harmless where evidence of guilt is strong. [State v.] Santillan, 1 S.W.3d [572] at 579 [ (Mo.App.1999) ].”

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