Vaughn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “IsWell, I would have tended to agree with you two or three days ago before reading some of these cases, the evidence of other crimes that are not similar to the one he’s charged with here or the one, I guess, his underlying charge. But my reading of Thomas is strictly different from yours. The way I understood was they were saying any evidence of aggravating circumstances showing his propensity to engage m similar conduct, and they quote Brown v. State. And then it says it’s relevant evidence if the Defendant’s character or evidence with aggravating circumstances. I think your reading of the cases is not consistent with the Supreme Court. [[Image here]] We are in front of the jury and we are whispering. I know from Brawn and Davis and Thomas and Crawford, that there were other charges that were not similar to what he’s charged with, so I am going to have to deny your motion.”

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