PEREZ v. STATE’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Jurors are presumed to follow their instructions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. TAYLOR v. STATE · TAYLOR v. STATE

2. “[Appellant] needs help. I plea, please help my brother. Get him some help because he's not -- he's not going to stop. If he did it to me, and I was willing to take it to the grave, but when he did it to these other little girls, it's not right. I [would] rather be embarrassed to death and tell the truth than to see him keep on doing this to kids.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2023 OK CR 1 - PEREZ v. STATE

3. “I. IMPROPER ADMISSION OF PROPENSITY EVIDENCE THAT WAS MORE LURID AND SHOCKING THAN THE CHARGE ITSELF DEPRIVED APPELLANT OF HIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL; and II. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY ALLOWING THE STATE TO PRESENT PROPENSITY EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL AFTER APPELLANT LIMITED HIS TESTIMONY ON DIRECT EXAMINATION SOLELY TO THE CHARGED OFFENSE.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2023 OK CR 1 - PEREZ v. STATE