State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the evidence of the burglary tended to help prove that Jackson was guilty of “knowingly” tampering with the truck. The evidence was useful to show that Jackson and the other perpetrator were jointly engaged in a mission to commit burglary and, one would infer, appropriated the vehicle as a tool for the burglary. Such evidence served to show that, regardless of how the vehicle was removed from its owner in the first place, and whether it was taken by one of the men or both of them, there was reason to believe that the two men were co-venturers acting in concert in this unlawful purpose of planning and performing . a burglary, and, thus, both were guilty of knowingly possessing, using, operating, and damaging the vehicle. See section 569.080,1. The proof of the burglary reduced the likelihood that a juror might wonder if there was any evidence that Jackson knew that the truck had been taken from the owner without permission. If the evidence showed only that Jackson drove the truck or rode in it, and there was no evidence of the burglary, there would not have been the same strong inference that he “knowingly” participated in using the truck without the permission of the owner. Thus, the logical relevance of the evidence outweighed any prejudicial effect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Davidson