State v. Ring’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he court may exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by a danger of one or more of the following: unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, misleading the jury, undue delay, wasting time, or needlessly presenting cumulative evidence.”

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

2. “[i]t is always error ... for a court to center its analysis on the Shickles factors, to consider itself obligated to use a particular factor or factors, or to rely inflexibly upon each ... factor,”

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

3. “evidence that the defendant committed any other acts of child molestation to prove a propensity to commit the crime charged.”

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