Signer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) General Rule. For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that he has been convicted of a crime shall be admitted if elicited from him or established by public record during cross-examination but only if the crime (1) was punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year under the law under which he was convicted, and the court determines that the probative value of admitting this evidence outweighs its prejudicial effect on a party or (2) involved dishonesty or false statement, regardless of the punishment.”

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

2. “(1) The impeachment value of the prior crimes; (2) The point in time of conviction and the witness' subsequent history; (3) The similarity between the past crime and the charged crime; (4) The importance of the defendant's testimony; and (5) The centrality of the credibility issue.”

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

3. “[U]ntil [a] prima facie showing [of probative value] is made by the prosecution, there is nothing for the Circuit Court to balance or weigh against the prejudicial effect.”

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