State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Reese · State v. Bernard · State v. Sladek · State v. Taylor · State v. Kitson
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For the prior conduct to fall' within the identity exception, there must be more than mere similarity between the crime charged and the uncharged crime. The charged and uncharged crimes must be nearly ‘identical’ and them methodology ‘so unusual and distinctive’ that they resemble a ‘signature’ of the defendant’s [or his accomplice’s] involvement in both crimes.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“courts 'should require that the admission of evidence of other crimes be subjected to rigid scrutiny' because such evidence 'could raise a legally spurious presumption of guilt in the minds of jurors.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Matthews“evidence of prior misconduct is inadmissible for the purpose of showing the propensity of the defendant to commit such crimes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Goins
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.