State v. Spann’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently April 2012 · most notably State v. Harvey (1997), State v. J.Q. (1993)
46 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 451 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Frye v. United States · State v. Johnson · State v. Kelly · Winberry v. Salisbury · Remington 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whenever blood tests or genetic tests are ordered and made, the results shall be filed with the court and shall be receivable in evidence, but only in cases where definite exclusion is indicated, or where a human leucocyte antigen, electrophoresis or isoelectric test is made to also establish the positive probability of parentage. Expert testimony pertaining to these tests may be requested by the parties. The order for such blood tests or genetic tests also may direct that the testimony of such experts and of the persons so to be examined be taken by deposition. The court, upon application and for good cause shown, may limit the admissibility of the blood tests or genetic tests.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“general acceptance by the relevant scientific community”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even though insignificantly probative, it [the test result] nevertheless was admissible as “a link in the chain of evidence" in criminal trials, just as the alleged assailant’s blond hair is used against a blond defendant. See State v. Beard, 16 N.J. 50, 58-59 , 106 A.2d 265 (1954) (holding type 0 — the victim’s blood type and also the most common type — blood stains on defendant’s clothing admissible as “link in the chain of evidence”); see also State v. Alexander, 7 N.J. 585, 593-94 , 83 A.2d 441 (1951) (allowing evidence of defendant’s blood type at murder trial for purpose of showing it was of the same type as blood found on the murder weapon), cert. denied, 343 U.S. 908 , 72 S.Ct 638 , 96 L. Ed, 1326 (1952). [Spann, supra, 130 N.J. at 490 , 617 A.2d 247 (emphasis added).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Noel
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.