State v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably State v. Moran (1986), State v. Dickens (1996)
67 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 Keefe v. State of Arizona · State v. Yslas · State v. Woolery · State v. Hensley · State v. Ritchey
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) There must be a startling event, 2) The words spoken must be spoken soon after the event so as not to give the person speaking the words time to fabricate (or reflect), and 3) The words spoken must relate to the startling event.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Cruz · State v. Thompson““Hearsay” is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Perhaps an accurate rule of thumb might be that where the time interval between the event and the statement is long enough to permit reflective thought, the statement will be excluded in the absence of some proof that the declarant did not in fact engage in a reflective thought process. Testimony that the declarant still appeared “nervous” or “distraught” and that there was a reasonable basis for continuing emotional upset will often suffice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Whitney
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.