State v. Ohlson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Statements are nontestimonial when made in the course of police interrogation under circumstances objectively indicating that the primary purpose of the 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 later criminal prosecution.”

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

2. “the questioning at her home was certainly less formal than the police station taped interrogation in Crawford . " Majority at 490. The circumstances were also less formal than those in Hammon. There, the victim told police upon their arrival that she was fine and there was no immediate threat to her person, the official interrogation "was conducted in a separate room”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Koslowski

3. “Characteristics to consider when objectively assessing the circumstances of the interrogation include the timing of the statements, the threat of harm, the need for information to resolve a present emergency, and the formality of the interrogation.”

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