State v. Otto’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. “Additionally, the detective testified that when he asked Defendant why the victim would lie, referring to the allegations of penetration in the affidavit, Defendant stated that he did not believe that the victim would lie, and that he knew that she had told the truth. The defense called no witnesses. Defendant was convicted of criminal sexual penetration. He appealed. {7} The Court of Appeals held that the”

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

2. “[i]t appeared that Defendant was telling the police that what he did might have been done in his sleep without his conscious intent and whatever he did, he stopped it as soon as he awoke and realized what he was doing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Otto

3. “[T]estimony which amounts to evidence of a defendant's bad character, or disposition to commit the crime charged, when not offered for a legitimate purpose, is inadmissible and unfairly prejudicial,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Sena