Croom v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘Generally, accused may introduce evidence tending to show that another person committed the crime with which he is charged, if a proper foundation is laid, unless the probative value of the evidence is substantially outweighed by actual risk of undue delay, prejudice, or confusion.’ ” Bradford v. State, 204 Ga. App. 568, 569 ( 420 SE2d 4 ) (1992). This evidence must be such as is relevant to the accused’s trial and limited to facts “ ‘inconsistent with his own guilt’ ” and “ ‘raise a reasonable inference or presumption as to his own innocence.’ ” Id. It “ ‘must be such proof as directly connects the other person with the corpus delicti, and tends clearly to point out someone besides accused as the guilty person. Evidence which can have no other effect than to cast a bare suspicion on another, or to raise a conjectural inference as to the commission of the crime by another, is not admissible. . . .’” Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 Ga. App. 45 - Hanson v. State