People v. VanderVliet’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 54 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, scheme, plan, or system in doing an act, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident when the same is material, whether such crimes, wrongs, or acts are contemporaneous with, or prior or subsequent to the conduct at issue in the case.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 322 Mich. App. 151 - People of Michigan v. Shae Lynn Mullins · 258 Mich. App. 175 - Lewis v. LeGrow

2. “Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 256 Mich. App. 212 - People v. Gonzalez · People v. Layher

3. “any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Layher · 325 Mich. App. 507 - People of Michigan v. Anthony Ray McFarlane Jr