State v. Callahan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As a general rule, upon the trial of a criminal action evidence of the commission of other independent and unrelated crimes by the defendant, is inadmissible.” (Syl. 1) “Exceptions to the general rule above stated are that evidence of other crimes by the defendant, similar to that being tried, is admissible when it shows or tends to show a particular criminal intent which is necessary to constitute the crime charged, or when such evidence shows or tends to show identity, intent, method, plan, system, malice, inclination or tendencies on the part of the defendant to commit similar crimes, as the case may be.” (Syl. 2)”

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