Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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. ““In recent months we have repeatedly stated that it is improper for a witness to inject statements concerning unrelated prior crimes involving a person on trial. However, in the case at bar, although the statement by the officer was improper, we hold that it is not reversible error under the circumstances of this case. “In the first place, the trial court admonished the jury that the remark by the officer was improper and that they would disregard it in their deliberations. Secondly, the facts as above recited were overwhelming in connecting the appellant with the burglary. We have previously stated that in this factual framework the answer of the witness was harmless error. [Citations omitted.] Although there is error in this record, we find that such error was harmless under the circumstances.” (Ibid at 414 of 258 Ind., at 802 of 281 N.E.2d.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 163 Ind. App. 483 - Moss v. State · Lindsey v. State

2. “"Q. Do you recall any other conversation? "A. No, it was a short time prior to that when we discovered that he had been an escapee at that time from Pendleton, I believe, and we asked him about this, and he said that he had ..."”

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