State v. Mee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “and that there is sufficient cause to believe the defendant to have been guilty thereof.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Elisondo · Cowles Publishing Co. v. Magistrate Court of the First Judicial District

2. ““In sum, when a hearsay declarant is not present for cross-examination at trial, the Confrontation Clause normally requires a showing that he is unavailable. Even then, his statement is admissible only if it bears adequate ‘indicia of reliability.’ Reliability can be inferred without more in a case where the evidence falls within a firmly rooted hearsay exception. In other cases, the evidence must be excluded, at least absent a showing of particularized guarantees of trustworthiness.” Id. at 66 , 100 S.Ct. at 2539 .”

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

3. “To apply a new appellate ruling in passing upon the validity of an earlier conviction in such circumstances as present here would be the equivalent of applying an ex post facto law in violation of both federal and state constitutions. [ State v. Byers, 102 Idaho 159 ], 627 P.2d [788] at 795 [1981]. Thus, the rule set forth by this Court herein is to be applied prospectively only.”

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