State v. Gallagher.’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. “offered for a purpose for which similarity in time and nature is probative”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Silva, III · State v. Pasion

2. “Thus, even assuming that the references to abuse in the Order had some marginal probative value, these references should have been excluded via redaction under HRE Rule 403, because their value was substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice. Accordingly, we conclude that the Family Court abused its discretion in failing to redact the references to”

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

3. “may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”

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