Collum v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Butler v. State (2013), Metz v. State (2008)
48 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Bruton v. United States · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Schneble v. Florida · Malcolm 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before evidence of independent acts may be admitted into evidence, the State must show that it seeks to introduce the evidence for an appropriate purpose; that there is sufficient evidence to establish that the accused committed the independent act; and that there is a sufficient connection or similarity between the independent act and the crime charged so that proof of the former tends to prove the latter. Williams v. State, 261 Ga. 640, 642 ( 409 SE2d 649 ) (1991). “ ‘[A] transaction does not have to mirror every detail in order to authorize its admission; rather, the proper focus is upon the similarities between the incidents and not upon the differences.’ [Cit.]” [Cit.] Where, as here, such evidence is admitted for the purpose of showing bent of mind, a lesser degree of similarity is required than if introduced to prove identity. [Cit.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Edwards v. State · Brinson v. State“[I]n some cases the properly admitted evidence of guilt is so overwhelming, and the prejudicial effect of the co[-]defendant's admission is so insignificant by comparison, that it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that the improper use of the admission was harmless error. Whether a violation of the Confrontation Clause is harmless depends on a host of factors, including the importance of the witness'[s] testimony in the prosecution's case, whether the testimony was cumulative, and the presence or absence of evidence corroborating or contradicting the testimony of the witness on material points, the extent of cross-examination otherwise permitted, and, of course, the overall strength of the prosecution's case.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Given that any Bruton violation was harmless, we conclude that because [Carcamo] has failed to show that he was prejudiced by being tried jointly with [Reyes], the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying his motion to sever.”
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.