State v. Means’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably 42 Cal. 3d 378 - People v. Collins (1986), Lannan v. State (1992)
43 state decisions — followed in 11 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Patterson v. New York · Luce v. United States · State v. Reddington · State v. Phipps · State v. McBride
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence of other crimes, wrongs or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Tiger · State v. White“"In ruling on the admissibility of evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts, a trial court must first determine relevancy. `Any fact that tends to connect an accused with the commission of a crime is relevant and has probative value.' `Such other incidents are material if they show a plan or system of criminal action and acts constituting continuous offenses.' If the trial court determines the evidence is relevant, it must then decide whether the probative value of the evidence substantially outweighs its prejudicial effect. If, although relevant, the court decides its admission will produce unfair prejudice to the defendant, it cannot be admitted. This delicate balancing process is within the trial court's sound discretion. The question on review is whether the trial court abused that discretion."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Floody · State v. Tiger
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.