State v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Violations of narcotics laws are generally not probative of truthfulness. See State v. Cheeseboro, 346 S.C. 526 , 552 S.E.2d 300 (2001) (citing State v. Aleksey, 343 S.C. 20 , 538 S.E.2d 248 (2000)). Furthermore, a conviction for robbery, burglary, theft, and drug possession, beyond the basic crime itself, is not probative of truthfulness. United States v. Smith, 181 F.Supp.2d 904 (N.D.Ill.2002).C 5 ] Likewise, firearms violations also are not generally probative of truthfulness. Accordingly, Petitioner’s prior firearms convictions do not involve dishonesty and their probative value should have been weighed against their prejudicial effect prior to their admission pursuant to Rule 609(a)(1).”

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

2. “[W]hen the prior offense is similar to the offense for which the * defendant is on trial, the danger of unfair prejudice to the defendant from impeachment by that prior offense weighs against its admission.”

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

3. “[T]he State should not be allowed to attack the defendant's credibility with inadmissible prior convictions; especially where the [defendant's] credibility was essential to his defense.”

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