Hickman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The following [type of statement] shall not be excluded by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: .... A statement offered against a party that has engaged or acquiesced in wrongdoing that was intended to, and did, procure the unavailability of the declarant as a witness.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hendrix v. State · Greene v. State

2. “Preliminary questions concerning ... the admissibility of evidence shall be determined by the court, subject to [certain limitations not applicable here]. In making its determination, the court shall not be bound by the rules of evidence except those with respect to privileges. Preliminary questions shall be resolved by a preponderance of the evidence standard.”

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

3. “[t]he court should consider whether in view of the number of offenses charged and the complexity of the evidence to be offered, the trier of fact will be able to distinguish the evidence and apply the law intelligently as to each offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. SLOAN v. the STATE.