Aldridge v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[elvery person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in [the Indiana Evidence] rules, or by act of the Indiana General Assembly.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Richard v. State · Howard v. State

2. “Court: [D]o you understand the difference between telling the truth and telling a lie? [L.B.]: Yes. Court: Okay. If I told you that I was sitting up here and this robe in [sic] color, would that be the truth or would it be a lie? [L.B.]: Lie. Court: Okay. And sometimes if you get caught telling a lie, what happens to you? [L.B.] I get in trouble and I have a time out.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Jeffrey Archer v. State of Indiana

3. “read in conjunction with the repeal of the subdivision regarding children in the witness competency statute, abandoned the previous arbitrary lines drawn regarding age, in favor of a rule which assumes competency until otherwise demonstrated by the opponent of the testimony.”

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