Allison v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

101 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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]n expert may not testify as to his opinion as to the existence vel non of a fact (in this case, whether the child had been abused sexually) unless the inference to be drawn from facts in evidence is beyond the ken of the jurors—that is, unless the jurors, for want of specialized knowledge, skill, or experience, are incapable of drawing—from facts in evidence—such an inference for themselves. [Cit.]”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 231 Ga. App. 190 - Putnam v. State · Smith v. State

2. “Examples of conclusions are concepts of negligence, fraud, reasonableness and the like. Stated differently, a conclusion is an assessment of fact — which fact exists, with or without any such an assessment. [Id. at 853.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hamlett v. Hubbard

3. “`which jurors would not ordinarily be able to draw for themselves.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 231 Ga. App. 190 - Putnam v. State