State v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 21 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that the person acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, absence of mistake or accident, or to prove that defendant feared imminent bodily harm and that the fear was reasonable."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Lopez

2. “is admissible to show a fact that tends to prove that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged.”

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

3. “to prove the character of a person in order to show that the person acted in conformity therewith.”

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