State v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Crawford v. Washington · State v. Jenks · Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · State v. Jackson · State v. Heinish
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The dissent in Melendez-Diaz sets forth the proposition that major delays will result by requiring live testimony from all those involved in testing and evaluating evidence against a defendant. After posing the question of what an 'analyst' is under the majority opinion, the dissent discusses a scenario in which one person prepares and tests a sample, a second person interprets the print-out of the test, a third calibrates the machine used to test the sample, and yet a fourth certifies that the tester followed established procedures. * * * In response, the majority states, '[C]ontrary to the dissent's suggestion we do not hold, and it is not the case, that anyone whose testimony may be relevant in establishing the chain of custody, authenticity of the sample, or accuracy of the testing device, must appear in person as part of the prosecution's case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ferguson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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