State v. Zamarripa’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 state decisions

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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[S]tatements are nontestimonial when made in the course of police interrogation under circumstances objectively indicating that the primary purpose of interrogation is to enable police assistance to meet an ongoing emergency. They are testimonial when the circumstances objectively indicate that there is no such ongoing emergency, and that the primary purpose of the interrogation is to establish or prove past events potentially relevant to [a] later criminal prosecution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carmona · 1 N.M. Ct. App. 698 - State v. Largo

2. “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Aragon · 1 N.M. Ct. App. 698 - State v. Largo

3. “There is no waiver where a defense attorney, his or her original objection rejected by the court, determines to 'make the best of a bad situation' and argues the improperly admitted evidence in the client's favor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Flores