Roberts v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “within the zone of reasonable disagreement.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. State · Thomas v. State

2. “Rebuttal of a defense means evidence is introduced contradicting some aspect of the defense itself.... When a defense witness presents a picture that the defendant is not the type of person to commit the charged offense, the prosecution may impeach the defense 'witnesses’ testimony by introduction of similar extraneous offenses. By raising a defensive theory, the defendant opens the door for the State to offer rebuttal testimony regarding an extraneous offense if the extraneous offense has common characteristics with the offense for which the defendant was on trial.”

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

3. “there is no abuse of discretion, and we must uphold the ruling. Id. As a general rule, to prevent an accused from being prosecuted for some collateral crime or misconduct, the State may not introduce evidence of bad acts similar to the offense charged. Id. at 600-01 . However, as an exception to the general rule of exclusion, evidence of”

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