State v. Blum’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3141 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3143 (Bail Reform Act of 1984)
Relies on Joseph Skilken & Co. v. City of Toledo · 15 Cal. 3d 921 - In Re Podesto · United States v. Benn · State v. St. John · State v. Keyes
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.
““(a) General rule of competency. Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided by statute or in these rules. (b) Incompetence of a witness. A person is not competent to testify as a witness if the court finds that the witness lacks sufficient capacity to observe, remember and narrate as well as understand the duty to tell the truth.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Mills
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.