State v. LeMaster’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 77 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably State v. Fisher (2003), State v. Poland (1985)
2 federal appellate · 77 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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 State Ex Rel. Collins v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC. · State v. Bly · Tacon v. Arizona · State v. Tacon · State v. Fettis
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required with respect to the following: “(4) Certified copies of public records. A copy of an official record or report or entry therein, or of a document authorized by law to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed in a public office, including data compilations in any form, certified as correct by the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, by certificate complying with Paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this rule or complying with any applicable statute or rule.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Stotts“A An appeal may be taken by a defendant only from: 1. A final judgment of conviction or verdict of guilty except insane. 2. An order denying a motion for a new trial or from an order made after judgment affecting the substantial rights of the party. 3. A sentence on the grounds that it is illegal or excessive. B. In noncapital cases a defendant may not appeal from a judgment or sentence that is entered pursuant to a plea agreement or an admission to a probation violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Soto“Because of the inherent risks in the practice of allowing jurors to pose questions to the witness, and the particular danger that a juror will not remain fair and impartial, we hesitate to condone the court's encouraging jurors to question witnesses to the extent presented in this appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Culkin
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.