State v. Rios’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.””

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

2. “Evidence of a prior threat made by a defendant is relevant to the question of whether the defendant `acted with malice or premeditation, or whether he had a motive to commit the crime.'”

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

3. “to spend an inordinate amount of time and energy admitting and explaining a wide variety of firearms that bore no relation to the charged offense.”

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