Ingram v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence of prior criminal record in all criminal cases after finding of guilty (a) regardless of the plea and whether the punishment be assessed by the judge or the jury, evidence may be offered by the State and the defendant as to the prior criminal record of the defendant, his general reputation and his character. The term prior criminal record means a full conviction in a court of record, or a probated or suspended sentence that has occurred prior to trial, or any final conviction material to the offense charged.”

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

2. “The law places no limitation by reason of remoteness on prior convictions offered to show the prior criminal record of the defendant.”

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