McGowen v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 2001 · most notably 172 W. Va. 266 - State v. Cooper (1983), 3 Tenn. Crim. App. 256 - Pruitt v. State (1970)
31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McBee v. State · Liakas v. State · Monts v. State · Holt v. State · Cooper v. State
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * Proof in a criminal prosecution which tends to show that the accused is guilty of the commission of other crimes and offenses is generally incompetent and inadmissible for the purpose of proving the commission of the particular crime charged. 29 Am.Jur.2d 366 (Evidence, § 320); Liakas v. State (1956) 199 Tenn. 298 , 286 S.W.2d 856 . There are, however, numerous exceptions to this rule. For example, evidence may be introduced of other crimes or acts of misconduct to show (1) motive, (2) guilty knowledge, (3) intent, or (4) identity. Caruthers v. State (1966) [219] Tenn. [21] 406 S.W.2d 159 ; Sykes v. State (1903) 112 Tenn. 572 , 82 S.W. 185 . See also McCormick on Evidence (1954), § 157; 29 Am.Jur. 2d 369-378 (Evidence, §§ 321-326).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.