Hall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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36 state decisions

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

1. “This Court has observed that there is always some prejudice that results from the mention of a prior bad act in front of the jury. Strawhacker v. State , 304 Ark. 726 , 804 S.W.2d 720 (1991). In instances where the infraction creates minimal prejudice the proper remedy is an objection to the evidence and an admonition or instruction to the jury to disregard the remark. Salinger [Sullinger] v. State , 310 Ark. 690 , 840 S.W.2d 797 (1992). A motion for mistrial is only appropriate where the error is beyond repair and cannot be corrected by any curative relief. Id. ; Enos v. State , 313 Ark. 683 , 858 S.W.2d 72 (1993). The trial court has wide discretion in granting or denying a motion for mistrial, and the decision of the trial court will not be reversed except for abuse of discretion or manifest prejudice to the complaining party. Davasher v. State , 308 Ark. 154 , 823 S.W.2d 863 (1992).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Green v. State · McDaniel v. State

2. “[W]e've had previous occasions and stuff,”

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