State v. Travis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To decide this case, however, we need not determine whether a legitimate purpose for the evidence exists. The answer lies in the fact that this case was tried by the court, without a jury. The underlying rationale for the general rule against proof of uncharged crimes is that ‘... the inevitable tendency of such evidence is to raise a legally spurious presumption of guilt in the minds of the jurors.’ State v. Reese, 364 Mo. 1221 , 274 S.W.2d 304, 307 ([banc] 1954).”

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

2. “There is absolutely no evidence in the record before us that the experienced and knowledgeable trial judge relied on the testimony of the two police officers with respect to the stolen batteries in rendering his judgment against the defendant. Even if we were to assume without deciding that the trial court erred in allowing this testimony on the stolen batteries, the error is non-prejudicial and harmless. Consequently we reject the defendant’s claim.”

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