136 N.J. Super. 449 - State v. Martorelli’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently March 2014 · most notably Clowes v. Terminix International, Inc. (1988), 266 Pa. Super. 587 - Commonwealth v. Seville (1979)
43 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
Relies on Joseph E. Thomas v. Ruth A. Martin Hogan · 78 N.J. Super. 294 - Fagan v. City of Newark · 128 N.J. Super. 589 - State v. Hudes · Mahoney v. Minsky · 100 N.J. Super. 395 - Brown v. Mortimer
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“According to the New Jersey court, [N]ot all diagnostic findings are admissible. The degree of complexity of such procedures is the crucial issue. As observed by Professor McCormick, ‘the admissibility of ordinary diagnostic findings customarily based on objective data and not usually presenting more than average difficulty of interpretation is usually conceded.’ McCormick, Evidence (2 ed.1972), § 313 at 732.... To require those who perform tests which are relatively simple to appear in court and testify would work a hardship on an already overburdened medical system.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the record must be made in the regular course of business. Second, it must be prepared within a short time of the act, condition or event being described. Third, the source of information and the method of preparation must justify allowing it into evidence. [ 136 N.J. Super. at 453 , 346 A. 2d 618 .]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In addition to proof that a computerized business record was made in the regular course of business at or near the time of the occurrence of the act, condition, or event recorded therein, proof may be required of the type of computer used and its acceptance as standard and efficient equipment, its method of operation, the competency of its operators, and the method and circumstances of preparation of record, including the sources of information on which it is based, the procedures for entering and retrieving information from the computer, and the controls and checks used, as well as the tests made, to insure the accuracy and reliability of the record. In addition, proof of the identity of the record as well as an explanation of its meaning may be necessary. [ 7 A.L.R. 4th 8 , sec. 2[a], at 13.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.