State v. Pagan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e do not review a trial judge’s ruling on the admissibility of other bad acts by determining de novo whether the evidence rises to the level of clear and convincing. If there is any evidence to support the admission of the bad act evidence, the trial judge’s ruling will not be disturbed on appeal.”

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

2. “testimony was logically relevant as evidence of [Petitioner's] identity because it connected the murder with [Petitioner's] flight from the police one year later.”

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