Evans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “went be- yond merely denying the charged culpability and affirmatively presented a claim of particular contrary intent-self defense....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Goldsberry v. State · Embry v. State

2. “First, it directly rebutted Defendant's claim that [the victim] was the dangerous aggressor and tended to show that Defendant initiated their fatal fight after he saw [the victim] in bed with [the ex-girlfriend] and asked, "Is he the reason why you won't take me back?" Second, this evidence of Defendant's prior misconduct was close enough in time (approximately 48 hours) to be genuinely relevant in showing Defendant's intent at the time of the murder. See Hicks, 690 N.E.2d at 220 (A trial court's discretion in admitting evidence of the defendant's prior bad acts "includes determining the significance of the similarity or remoteness of evidence.") (citing Fisher v. State, 641 N.E.2d 105 (Ind.Ct.App.1994)).”

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

3. “Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.”

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