State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 36 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]here it appears that the defendant actually received a fair trial and that there was no difficulty experienced in selecting a jury, refusal to grant a change of venue is not a ground for reversal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bainbridge · State v. Jones

2. ““There is no requirement that weapons * * * offered in evidence be positively identified as those used in the perpetration of a crime. The admission of such evidence is within the sound discretion of the trial court and any objection to the lack of positive identification goes to the weight of the evidence rather than to the admissibility of the article.” State v. Thomas, 94 Idaho 430, 433 , 489 P.2d 1310, 1313 (1971).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hatton · People v. Dela Rosa

3. “"We know of no rule of law that requires the State to so restrict its proof when the evidence which is so highly probative of the crime charged also reveals the commission of other crimes. If the evidence has no real bearing on the guilt or innocence of the accused and would be highly prejudicial, then such of course should be excluded." 94 Idaho at 434, 489 P.2d at 1314 . (Emphasis added.)”

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