State v. Norlin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This evidence is logically relevant to the State's burden of proving intent, even if there's no explicit defense of accident. Clearly this inference will be raised from the statements that are put into evidence, and this evidence circumstantially goes to the issue of whether the injury was intentional or accidental. The statements I'm referring to are the statements related to Mr. Norlin and what he said to medical personnel at the hospital, as I understand it. It's relevant, even though it does not purport to prove the identity of the person who might have inflicted those injuries. It shows the injury was the result of an intentional act by someone and not an accident. Therefore, I believe its probative value outweighs its prejudicial effect.”

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

2. “The only limitation upon this mode of proof is that the defendant's doing of the act in issue must be shown by other evidence at some stage of the trial; and the anonymous instances should not be received until the trial court is satisfied with the amount of evidence introduced or pledged for showing that connection.”

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

3. “both of which occurred when Norlin was alone with Nicholas. Norlin testified on his own behalf and stated that the head injury Nicholas suffered on June 1 resulted from the child falling off of a couch. Norlin indicated that after the child fell, he had”

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