State v. Taylor’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. ““ ‘Appellate courts are wary of claims that a trial court erred in failing to ... sua spcmte [make objections and rulings] in [closing argument of] a criminal case.’ ” State v. Taylor, 166 S.W.3d 599, 608 (Mo.App.2005) (quoting State v. Derrick, 965 S.W.2d 418 , 419 n. 1 (Mo.App.1998)) (emphasis added). “ ‘To convict a trial court of an error, not put forth by the defendant ... allows an accused to stand mute when incidents unfavorable to him or her occur during trial, gamble on the verdict, and then seek favorable results on appeal.’ ” Taylor, 166 S.W.3d at 608 (quoting State v. Tilley, 104 S.W.3d 814, 819 (Mo.App.2003)). Additionally, “review for plain error of a trial court’s failure to sua sponte [take action in closing argument] is extremely limited.” State v. Collins, 150 S.W.3d 340, 349 (Mo.App.2004).”

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

2. “‘[s]uch evidence is admissible if it tends to establish (1) motive; (2) intent; (3) absence of mistake or accident; (4) a common scheme or plan embracing the commission of two or more crimes so related to each other that proof of one tends to establish the other; (5) the identity of the person charged with the commission of the crime on trial; or (6) a signature modus operand!’”

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