State v. Wilde’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. ““ * * : " that' evidence tending to show the accused, who is being prosecuted for a particular crime, has. committed another crime wholly independent of and unconnected with that for which he is on trial is irrelevant and inadmissible even though it is a crime of the same sort, is subject to a number of exceptions. Such an exception is ‘When knowledge or intent forms an essential part of the inquiry.’ In such case ‘testimony may be offered of such acts, conduct or declarations of the accused as tend to establish such knowledge or intent and where the offense is one of a system, * * *.’ ” (Italics ours.)”

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

2. ““ * * * The trial judge in his per curiam states that he admitted the testimony to show that the gambling was intentionally conducted as a business. The testimony is relevant for the purpose of showing the continuity of the offense, system, guilty knowledge and criminal intent. LSA-R.S. 15:445 and 15:446.””

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