State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A. Character evidence generally. Evidence of a person's character or a trait of his character, such as a moral quality, is not admissible for the purpose of proving that he acted in conformity therewith on a particular occasion, except....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jones · 862 So. 2d 208 - State v. Favorite

2. “(2) In the absence of evidence of a hostile demonstration or an overt act on the part of the victim at the time of the offense charged, evidence of the victim's prior threats against the accused or the accused's state of mind as to the victim's dangerous character is not admissible....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 862 So. 2d 208 - State v. Favorite · 866 So. 2d 995 - State v. Woodhead

3. “Photographic evidence is properly admitted unless it is so gruesome that it overwhelms jurors' reason and leads them to convict the defendant without sufficient other evidence, i.e., when the prejudicial effect of the photographs substantially outweighs their probative value.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 986 So. 2d 772 - State v. Logan