Dyson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 18 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The general rule, applicable in criminal prosecutions, is that evidence of other offenses than that for which the accused is on trial is inadmissible. In prosecutions for sexual offenses, however, there is a well established exception, the theory of which is that as the mental disposition of the defendant at the time of the act charged is relevant, evidence that at some prior time he was similarly disposed is also relevant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Howard v. United States

2. “[i]n a case such as the present, threat or danger of physical suffering or injury in the ordinary sense is not necessary. The injury suffered by the innocent victim may be the fear, shame, humiliation, and mental anguish caused by the assault.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of AB

3. “to show the intent and lustful disposition of the defendant,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ali v. United States