State v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[E]ven though we have already considered, pursuant to Rule 404(b), whether the similarities outweighed the dissimilarities, we must now reconsider the similarities and dissimilarities, as well as temporal remoteness and other factors, pursuant to Rule 403....”

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

2. “In reviewing a trial court's ruling on the admissibility of evidence, appellate courts recognize that the trial [court] has considerable latitude in this regard and will not disturb such rulings absent a prejudicial abuse of discretion.”

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

3. “The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of [the appellant's] bad acts, occurring some eleven to twenty years prior to the crimes charged.”

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