Wallace v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) he was in a place where he had a right to be; (2) he acted without fault; and (3) he had a reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. State · Dixon v. State

2. “may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Custis v. State · Kilpatrick v. State

3. “A valid claim of self-defense is legal justification for an otherwise criminal act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Larry Ervin v. State of Indiana