Fox v. State’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. ““The general rule in Indiana for the admission of evidence of separate, independent, and distinct crimes to establish guilt of an accused is that such evidence is inadmissible except where relevant to show intent, motive, purpose, identification, and common scheme or plan, [citation omitted]. However, this Court has carved an exception for those acts involving or showing a ‘depraved sexual instinct.’ [citation omitted]. The basis for this exception is that in prosecutions for depraved acts ‘ * * * the prosecuting witness is not likely to be believed, since the evidence’ standing alone and entirely unconnected with anything which led to or brought it about, would appear * * * unnatural or improbable in itself.” [citations omitted]. Thus, the evidence lends credence to the testimony of the prosecution that might otherwise be disbelieved. [citation omitted].””

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

2. “the trial court can find: (1) that the child knows the difference between telling the truth and telling a lie, and (2) that the child realizes that he or she is under some compulsion to tell the truth. The compulsion to tell the truth need not be fear of punishment.”

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