People v. Koon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

48 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “augmented her [improper] testimony with an aura of trustworthiness and reliability”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Karl Christopher BAKER · People v. Cook

2. “for the victim's credibility. Again, we disagree. Relevant evidence may be excluded under CRE 403 if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice. In reviewing the trial court's decision to admit the testimony,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Williams · People v. Masters

3. “Although the stepdaughter may have been excited at the prospect of leaving the home, we conclude that the statement ... was not in response to a startling event or occurrence within the meaning of CRE 803(2). Here, the nature of the occurrence was not such as to render thought processes inoperative. Instead, the thought processes of both the stepdaughter and [the friend's mother] were fully operative in devising a way to get the stepdaughter out of the house without defendant becoming suspicious as to the reason. Under these circumstances, there was no "condition of excitement which temporarily stills the capacity of reflection and produces utterances free of conscious fabrication."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Compan v. People