State v. Guthrie’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the state’s evidence is uncontested, corroborated by other reliable evidence, and documented by a reliable source without a motive to fabricate, or possibly situations where the evidence is about an objective conclusion, a routine recording, or a negative fact, making the demeanor and credibility of the witness less relevant to the truth-finding process.”

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

2. “evidence is contested by the defendant, unsupported or contradicted, and its source has a motive to fabricate; it is about a subjective, judgment-based observation that is subject to inference and interpretation, and makes a conclusion that is central to the necessary proof that the defendant violated probation.”

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

3. “[t]he trial court should focus its analysis on the relative need for confrontation to protect the truth-finding process and the substantial reliability of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Torrez v. Whitaker