State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a cause or reason that moves the will and induces action, an inducement which leads to or tempts the mind to commit an act”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 289 Or. App. 282 - State v. Rice · 295 Or. App. 56 - State v. Cardona

2. “To determine whether evidence of a prior act is relevant to show the defendant's motive to commit the charged act, we look to whether the state has showed 'some substantial connecting link between the two acts.'”

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

3. “[T]he mere possibility that the same motive that caused an earlier crime or act also caused the charged crime is not enough to make evidence of the prior act relevant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 295 Or. App. 56 - State v. Cardona · 290 Or. App. 244 - State v. Davis