Olds v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

186 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 186 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[r]elevant evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State · DIAZ v. the STATE.

2. “the exclusion of evidence under Rule 403 is an extraordinary remedy which should be used only sparingly.”

   13 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. TURNER v. the STATE. · 343 Ga. App. 701 - WHALEY v. the STATE.

3. “[T]he greater the tendency to make the existence of a fact more or less probable, the greater the probative value. And the extent to which evidence tends to make the existence of a fact more or less probable depends significantly on the quality of the evidence and the strength of its logical connection to the fact for which it is offered.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 701 - WHALEY v. the STATE. · Jones v. State