Cole v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Some Out>-of-Court Utterances Which Are Not Hearsay. “... Utterances and writing[s] offered to show effect on hearer or reader. When it is proved that D made a' statement to X, with the purpose of showing the probable state of mind thereby induced in X, such as being put on notice or having knowledge, or motive, or to show the information which X had as bearing on the reasonableness or good faith or voluntariness of the subsequent conduct of X, or anxiety, the evidence is not subject to attack as hearsay ...” McCormick on Evidence, § 249, pp. 733-34 (3d Ed.1984).”

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

2. “A person conspires to commit an offense if with the purpose of promoting or facilitating the commission of any criminal offense: (1) He agrees with another person or other persons: (A) That one (1) or more of them will engage in conduct that constitutes that offense; or (B) That he will aid in the planning or commission of that criminal offense; and (2) He or another person with whom he conspires does any overt act in pursuance of the conspiracy.”

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