State v. Parkhurst’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 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 that the person acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, absence of mistake or accident, or to prove that defendant feared imminent bodily harm and that the fear was reasonable.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gautier · State v. Baptista

2. “Although Rule 404(b) mandates that evidence of other crimes or bad acts is not admissible to prove the propensity of a defendant to commit crime, such evidence is admissible to show a fact that tends to prove that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rodriguez · State v. Lopez

3. “"The first theory involves those killings in which the defendant formed a momentary intent to kill contemporaneous with the homicide. * * * The second theory includes felony murder for inherently dangerous felonies that are not expressly listed within the statutory definition of first-degree murder. * * * The third theory of second-degree murder involves those killings in which the defendant killed with wanton recklessness or conscious disregard for the possibility of death or of great bodily harm." Id. (internal quotation marks omitted).”

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