State v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[19] On July 29, 1997, [20] Judge Hogan signed an order granting the State's motion in limine to exclude or limit expert testimony and denying Petitioner's motion to admit expert evidence on diminished capacity. [21] On August 8, 1997 Petitioner sought discretionary review by this Court. [22] Review was granted on September 4, 1997. [23] DISCUSSION The usual rule is that admissibility of evidence is within the sound discretion of the trial court and the court's decision [24] will not be reversed absent abuse of that discretion. [25]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ellis · City of Fircrest v. Jensen

2. “it's not very common that human beings kill their mothers and little sisters. This is an extraordinary thing.... I mean people who plan and deliberately kill people, like hit men, don't do it with breadboards.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ellis · State v. Atsbeha

3. “`Relevant evidence' means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Atsbeha · RWR Management, Inc. v. Citizens Realty Co.