State v. Summers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 388 N.J. Super. 42 - CW v. Cooper Health System · 385 N.J. Super. 388 - State v. Walker

2. “satisfied in this case that the detective's opinion was based exclusively on the surrounding facts relating to the quantity and packaging of the drugs and their addictive quality, as well as the absence of drug-use paraphernalia; his explanation of these facts was clearly founded on his expertise and specialized knowledge as an expert. The conclusion he drew — that possession of these drugs was for the purpose of distribution — was similarly derived from his experience. We therefore conclude that as long as the expert does not express his opinion of defendant's guilt but simply characterizes defendant's conduct based on the facts and evidence in light of his specialized knowledge, the opinion is not objectionable even though it embraces ultimate issues that the jury must decide. [ Id. at 78-79 , 560 A. 2d 1198 .]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Reeds · 385 N.J. Super. 486 - State v. Herrera

3. “expressed in terms of ultimate issues of fact, namely, whether drugs were possessed with the intent to distribute,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 385 N.J. Super. 388 - State v. Walker · State v. Reeds