Peoples v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

57 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is highly probable that the error did not contribute to the verdict.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fletcher v. State · Douglas v. State

2. “[E]vidence of an independent bad act committed by the defendant may be admissible if the evidence is substantially relevant for some purpose other than to show a probability that the defendant committed the crime on trial because he has a criminal character”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 580 - PITTMAN v. the STATE. · Norman v. State

3. “Considering the trial record as a whole, and weighing the evidence as we believe that reasonable jurors would, we are convinced that the jury in this case would have found Appellant guilty of the same crimes had the [2002 shooting] evidence not been . . . admitted. . . . We therefore conclude that it is highly probable that the trial court’s [assumed] error in admitting the independent offense evidence did not affect the jury’s verdict, and a new trial is not required.”

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