State v. Tena’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]vidence offered to prove intent by showing the defendant's motive is not subject to the Johns analysis.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 289 Or. App. 282 - State v. Rice · 290 Or. App. 244 - State v. Davis

2. “"Because the doctrine of chances is premised on the idea that it is unlikely that multiple instances of similar conduct will be the result of an innocent intent, evidence is logically relevant under the doctrine only when the other acts involve innocent intents . In other words, because the doctrine is based on the idea that recurring similar mistakes or accidents are increasingly unlikely, the doctrine supports the admission of other acts evidence only when the other acts were, or are claimed to have been, the product of a mistake or accident ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 663 - State v. Skillicorn

3. “[t]he argument here is purely from the point of view of the doctrine of chances-the instinctive recognition of that logical process which eliminates the element of innocent intent by multiplying instances of the same result until it is perceived that this element cannot explain them all”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 663 - State v. Skillicorn