Martin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We do not find the prior conduct presented to the jury here, a response to a question asked during a routine traffic stop, constituted a prior bad act from which the jury might draw a forbidden inference about Defendant’s character or guilt. No reference was made to the purpose of the stop or to the arrest and filing of charges that resulted. Furthermore, the officer’s testimony was offered to link Defendant to this address. As such, the testimony was directly relevant to an issue at trial. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the officer’s testimony.”

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

2. “[I]t is 'well settled that the erroneous admission of evidence does not require reversal if other evidence having the same probative value is admitted without objection or contradiction.”

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

3. “[elven assuming that the trial court erred in admitting the prior inconsistent statement, we disregard it as harmless unless it affects the substantial rights of a party.”

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