Klaes v. Scholl’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(B) In civil cases. Evidence of character for violence of the victim of assaultive conduct offered on the issue of self defense by a party accused of the assaultive conduct, or evidence of peaceable character to rebut the same:”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Antoine Tyree Williams · 6 Haw. App. 505 - Meyer v. City and County of Honolulu

2. ““(a) Reputation or Opinion. In all cases in which evidence of character or a trait of character of a person is admissible, proof may be made by testimony as to reputation or by testimony in the form of an opinion. On cross-examination, inquiry is allowable into relevant specific instances of conduct.””

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

3. “Id. at 675 . Yet we held it was improper for the district court to have admitted specific instances of the citizen's prior conduct. Id. at 675-76 . We rejected the notion that character is an essential element of a claim of self-defense, stating, We believe, however, that in cases like this one the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Antoine Tyree Williams