State v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “require[d] only that a defendant object to the lab certificate and assert that the composition, quality, or quantity of the tested substance will be contested at trial.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Cunningham · 386 N.J. Super. 84 - State v. Berezansky

2. “Whenever a notice of objection is filed, admissibility of the certificate shall be determined not later than two days before the beginning of the trial. A proffered certificate shall be admitted in evidence unless it appears from the notice of objection and specific grounds for that objection that the composition, quality, or quantity of the substance submitted to the laboratory for analysis mil be contested at trial. A failure to comply with the time limitations regarding the notice of objection required by this section shall constitute a waiver of any objections to the admission of the certificate. [Ibid, (emphasis added).]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 422 N.J. Super. 399 - State v. Heisler · 391 N.J. Super. 352 - State v. Kent

3. “[The] certificate shall be sworn to before a notary public or other person empowered by law to take oaths and shall contain a statement establishing the following: the type of analysis performed; the result achieved; any conclusions reached based upon that result; that the subscriber is the person who performed the analysis and made the conclusions; the subscriber’s training or experience to perform the analysis; and the nature and condition of the equipment used. [N.J.S.A. 2C:35-19b.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 348 N.J. Super. 213 - State v. Simbara · State v. Simbara