State v. Beckelheimer’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
91 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on First National Bank v. United States · State v. Coffey · Magnolia Venture Capital Corp. v. Mississippi Department of Economic & Community Development · Daughtry v. United States · Modjeski & Masters, Applicant, V
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We review de novo the legal conclusion that the evidence is, or is not, within the coverage of Rule 404(b). We then review the trial court's Rule 403 determination for abuse of discretion.”
32 later decisions quote this exact passage“go to a purpose other than propensity [.]”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he trial court found that “the age range of [the 404(b) witness] was close to the age range of the alleged victim,” a finding supported by the evidence: the victim was an eleven-year-old male cousin of [the] defendant, and the witness was also [the] defendant’s young male cousin who was around twelve years old at the time of the alleged prior acts. The trial court found similarities in “the location of the occurrence," a finding also supported by the evidence: [the] defendant and the victim spent time playing video games in [the] defendant’s bedroom where the alleged abuse occurred, and [the] defendant and the witness also spent time playing video games together and in [the] defendant’s bedroom where the alleged abuse occurred. Finally, the trial court found similarities in “how the occurrences were brought about,” a finding supported by the evidence: the victim described two incidents during which the defendant placed his hands on the victim’s genital area outside of his clothes while pretending to be asleep; he also described an incident during which [the] defendant lay on him pretending to be asleep, then reached inside the victim’s pants to touch his genitals, then performed oral sex on the victim. The witness testified to a similar progression of sexual acts, beginning with fondling outside the clothing and proceeding to fondling inside the pants and then to oral sex; he also described how [the] defendant would pretend to be asleep while touching him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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