State v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 241 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 245 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training or education may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walker v. Spina · State v. Yepez

2. “(1) whether a theory or technique 'can be (and has been) tested'; (2) 'whether the theory or technique has been subjected to peer review and publication'; (3) 'the known [or] potential rate of error' in using a particular scientific technique 'and the existence and maintenance of standards controlling the technique's operation'; and (4) whether the theory or technique has been generally accepted in the particular scientific field.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Yepez · State v. Fuentes

3. “length of the requested delay, the likelihood that a delay would accomplish the movant's objectives, the existence of previous continuances in the same matter, the degree of inconvenience to the parties and the court, the legitimacy of the motives in requesting the delay, the fault of the movant in causing [the] need for the delay, and the prejudice to the movant in denying the motion.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Griffin v. Thomas · State v. Stefani