State v. Steichen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) Whether the intended purpose for offering the evidence the other acts evidence is relevant to some material issue in the case (factual relevancy), and (2) Whether the probative value of the evidence is substantially outweighed by its prejudicial effect (logical relevancy).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jones · Novak v. McEldowney

2. “Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jones · Steichen v. Weber

3. “Prejudicial evidence is that which has the capacity to persuade the jury by illegitimate means which results in one party having an unfair advantage. Evidence is not prejudicial merely because its legitimate probative force damages the defendant’s case. Even though the admission of acts evidence “will usually result in such prejudice, it will not be admitted only if that prejudice is unfair.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Novak v. McEldowney