State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence."”

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

2. “[e]vidential error is not presumed to be prejudicial. Error may not be predicated upon a ruling which admits * * * evidence unless a substantial right of the party is affected.”

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

3. “[e]videntiary error is considered harmless and is not a basis for reversal if there is little likelihood that the particular error affected the verdict.”

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