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← 127 SW3D 781 - State v. Medrano

State v. Medrano’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Bourjaily v. United States · Huddleston v. United States · Rock v. Arkansas · Frye v. United States

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

  1. “because the objective of both Kelly and Nenno was to ensure the reliability of expert testimony and scientific evidence, Nenno `[did] not categorically rule out employing [the Kelly ] factors in an appropriate case'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Preliminary questions concerning the qualification of a person to be a witness, the existence of a privilege, or the admissibility of evidence shall be determined by the court.... In making its determination the court is not bound by the rules of evidence except those with respect to privileges.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.