State v. Reardon’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably State v. Kurvin (1982), State v. Sharpe (1985)
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 57 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 Pointer v. Texas · Dutton v. Evans · State v. Evans · Mancusi v. Stubbs · State v. Hayes
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“qualified professional toxicologists and chemists.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It has been held that there is no rule that facts proven under exceptions to the hearsay rule, though received in evidence, must be denied all evidentiary value where there is a reasonable necessity for such an exception, and where it is supported by an adequate basis for assurance that that evidence has those qualities of reliability and trustworthiness attributed to other evidence admissible under long-established exceptions to the hearsay rule without violating constitutional rights. Kay v. United States, 255 F.2d 476, 480-81 (4th Cir. [1958]).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reardon v. Manson“The jury’s consideration of Dr. Reading’s testimony, which we have held was admissible and which bore strong indicia of reliability, and upon which the defendant had a full and fair opportunity to cross-examine, did not deprive the defendant of the right of confrontation guaranteed by our state or federal constitutions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reardon v. Manson
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.