Drone v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(24) Statement Against Interest. A statement which was at the time of its making so far contrary to the declarant’s pecuniary or proprietary interest, or so far tended to subject the declarant to civil or criminal liability, or to render invalid a claim by the declarant against another, or to make the declarant an object of hatred, ridicule, or disgrace, that a reasonable person in declarant’s position would not have made the statement unless believing it to be true. In criminal cases, a statement tending to expose the declarant to criminal liability is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burks v. State · Howard v. State

2. “heard about a complaint against [appellant] made by a—a woman here in Cameron for aggravated sexual assault.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jaubert v. State

3. “these specific instances of conduct unless the State can show that there's been some kind of conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jaubert v. State