Owens v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “statement relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress of the excitement caused by the event or condition.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 733 So. 2d 793 - Smith v. State · 736 So. 2d 475 - Edwards v. State

2. “This Court found in Clark [v. State, 693 So.2d 927, 932 (Miss.1997) ] that a woman's hysterical 911 call to the police while her estranged boyfriend was outside the door threatening to kill her with a shotgun qualified as an excited utterance under 803(2) and was properly admitted. The Court has approved other instances of hearsay statements rendered admissible by this exception. See Heflin v. State, 643 So.2d 512 (Miss.1994)(sixteen year old alleged rape victim made statement to sister twentyfour hours after assault); Davis v. State, 611 So.2d 906 (Miss.1992)(eight year old child made statement to her aunt immediately after witnessing sexual assault of her mother); Berry v. State, 611 So.2d 924 (Miss.1992)(victim of shotgun blast identified assailant shortly after shooting and before death); Baine v. State, 606 So.2d 1076 (Miss.1992)(seven year old victim of sexual abuse made statement within minutes, and later hours, to her mother concerning abuse); Sanders v. State, 586 So.2d 792 (Miss.1991)(fourteen year old sexual battery victim made statement to police a short time after assault).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 736 So. 2d 475 - Edwards v. State

3. “statement relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 736 So. 2d 475 - Edwards v. State