Williams 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. “An abuse of discretion occurs when the decision is clearly against the logic and effect of the facts and cireumstances before the court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis v. State · Frank Jacobs v. State of Indiana

2. “In the context of a criminal investigation, we have held that "[aln out-of-court statement introduced to explain why a particular course of action was taken during a criminal investigation is not hearsay because it is not offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted." Here, Officer Smith was not an out-of-court declarant, and he did not testify as to the truth of any out-of-court statement; rather, he testified in court as to his observation of an active warrant for Williams' arrest and the course of action that he took as a result.”

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

3. “[aln out-of-court statement introduced to explain why a particular course of action was taken during a criminal investigation is not hearsay because it is not offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”

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