State v. Orr’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. “analysis now requires careful consideration of what specific sorts of evidence that come within the broad phrase 'silence or failure to come forward' may be properly offered under which particular evidence rules and theories.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 862 - Hawkins v. State

2. “[E]xclusion of evidence under Rule 403 is an extraordinary remedy that should be used only sparingly to prohibit matter of scant or cumulative probative force, dragged in by the heels for the sake of its prejudicial effect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. v. Adrian Johns

3. “except as limited by constitutional requirements or as otherwise provided by law or by other rules, as prescribed pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority, applicable in the court in which the matter is pending.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 752 - Hines v. State