State v. MacKie’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he instruction ... is applicable only if the evidence presented at trial shows: (1) personal enmity existed between the victim and the defendant, and (2) corroborating evidence of the victim’s account of the rape incident does not exist. * * * No evidence of manifest malice or motive for revenge between the victim and the defendant was presented during the trial. Further, a good deal of corroborating evidence was presented during the trial, including the testimony of the victim’s friends and the physical evidence of the victim’s injury. The instruction was properly refused.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Janda · 56 Md. App. 601 - Rhoades v. State

2. ““A statement is not hearsay if: “. . . consistent with [the witnesses] testimony and is offered to rebut an express or implied charge against him of subsequent fabrication, improper influence or motive.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Scheffelman · State v. Hibbs

3. “medical term for the disorientation and shock experienced by rape victims following a rape assault.”

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