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← 299 GA 95 - Hood v. State

Hood v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2016

Citation profile

84
cited by 84 later decisions
1
states following
March 2025
most recently cited

84 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Old Chief v. United States · Vega v. State · Olds v. State · In re Lang

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

  1. “The major function of Rule 403 is to exclude matter of scant or cumulative probative force, dragged in by the heels for the sake of its prejudicial effect.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “the exclusion of evidence under Rule 403 'is an extraordinary remedy which should be used only sparingly.'”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[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.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.