People v. Diggs’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “In view of the modification of memory and demeanor which generally follow from treatment by hypnosis, we are persuaded that posthypnotic testimony may in many instances properly be termed a product of the technique. The admissibility of evidence based upon a new scientific technique is governed by People v. Kelly . ... [¶] The Kelly court was concerned with and sought to mitigate the dangerous tendency of lay jurors to give considerable and often undue weight to scientific evidence presented by experts with impressive credentials. ( 17 Cal.3d, at p. 31 .) Such procedures are invested with a `”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 31 Cal. 3d 18 - People v. Shirley

2. “Dr. Diamond's testimony to the contrary, it seems that the lower court here was presented with sufficient evidence of the reliability of the method used”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 31 Cal. 3d 18 - People v. Shirley

3. “misleading aura of certainty which often envelops a new scientific process, obscuring its currently experimental nature.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 31 Cal. 3d 18 - People v. Shirley