Kallas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

109 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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘All evidence is relevant which throws, or tends to throw, any light upon the guilt or the innocence of the defendant. And relevant evidence which is introduced to prove any material fact ought not to be rejected merely because it proves, or tends to prove, that at some other time or at the same time the accused has been guilty of some other separate, independent, and dissimilar crime. The general rule is well settled that all evidence must be relevant. If evidence is relevant upon the general issue of guilt or innocence, no valid reason exists for its rejection merely because it may prove, or may tend to prove, that the accused committed some other crime, or may establish some collateral and unrelated fact. Underhill on Criminal Evidence (2 Ed.) p. 163, and many cases cited.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watts v. State · Grimes v. State

2. “* * * The conduct of counsel in the presentation of argument to the jury is within the discretionary control of the trial judge in the first instance, and unless there is an abuse of this discretion which is clearly prejudicial to the rights of the accused, the ruling of the trial court should not be disturbed. * * *■ Kallas v. State, 227 Ind. 103 , 83 N.E.2d 769 , cert. denied 336 U.S. 940 , 69 S.Ct. 744 , 93 L.Ed. 1098 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Loyland · Ward v. State

3. “"The state clearly was entitled to place before the jury as evidence any circumstances which might suggest a possible motive on the part of the accused for perpetrating the unnatural crime of killing her husband. The jury possibly might believe from the evidence that Russell had so alienated her affections that she desired the death of her husband, and therefore was induced to kill him for that reason. Whether the evidence was sufficient to justify this belief was a matter for the determination of the jury. That it was, however, competent for the purpose for which it was introduced, is well settled." 84 N.E. 974, p. 976 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 307 So. 2d 433 - Alford v. State