State v. Hood’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “relevant propensity evidence if the probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, the trial court had discretion to exclude such evidence and was not required to exclude even if the probative value was substantially outweighed by the prejudicial effect. Id. (emphasis added). Then, our Court concluded any prejudicial effect resulting from the evidence of defendant's prior misconduct did not substantially outweigh its considerable probative value to establish the defendant's motive and intent. Id. at 69-70 . In so holding, we noted the trend of Missouri courts'”

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

2. “is clearly against the logic of the circumstances and is so unreasonable as to indicate a lack of careful consideration.”

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

3. “relevant evidence of prior criminal acts”

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