State v. Berosik’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

54 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where the declaration, act, or omission forms part of a transaction which is itself the fact in dispute or evidence of that fact, such declaration, act, or omission is evidence as part of the transaction.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Stout · Borges v. Missoula Cnty. Sheriff's Office

2. “Guill , ¶ 36. All Federal circuits recognize the legitimacy of admitting properly limited relevant evidence that is intrinsic to or inextricably intertwined with a charged crime. Guill , ¶ 28. ¶ 39 We have cautioned that the transaction rule should not be used to admit evidence of other crimes, wrongs or acts to”

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

3. “[t]he transaction rule must not be expanded to the point that the prohibition of character evidence under M.R. Evid. 404(b) is swallowed,”

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