Omans v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Grey v. State · Cobbs v. State · Bowen v. State · Austin v. State · State v. Bowman
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.
“"Generally, evidence of criminal activity other than that charged is inadmissible on the question of guilt. Cobbs v. State (1975), 264 Ind. 60 , 338 N.E.2d 632 . Yet it is now settled that such evidence is freely admitted to show depraved sexual instinct when sodomy, incest or a similar offense is charged. Gilman v. State (1972), 258 Ind. 556 , 282 N.E.2d 816 . The basis for this exception is that in prosecutions for depraved acts the complaining witness is not likely to be believed inasmuch as the evidence standing alone and entirely unconnected with anything which led to or brought it about would appear unnatural or improbable in itself. Grey v. State (1980), [273] Ind. [439], 404 N.E.2d 1348 . Thus acts tending to indicate a depraved sexual instinet are admissible subject only to exclusion for remoteness. Bowen v. State (1975), 263 Ind. 558 , 334 N.E.2d 691 ."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Neaveill v. State · Best v. State
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.