842 So. 2d 565 - White v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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34 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts. Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Tawana Terrell Johnson v. State of Mississippi · 90 So. 3d 122 - Smith v. State

2. “[a] lesser-included[-]offense instruction is authorized if a rational or reasonable jury could find the defendant not guilty of the principal offense in the indictment, but guilty of the lesser-included offense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Leslie Danielle Dewitt v. State of Mississippi · Bright v. State

3. “is to prevent the State from raising the inference that the accused has committed other crimes and is therefore likely to be guilty of the offense charged.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Tawana Terrell Johnson v. State of Mississippi · Nelson v. State