State v. Foster’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
22 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1732
Relies on Joseph E. Thomas v. Ruth A. Martin Hogan · 100 Cal. App. 2d 386 - McGowan v. City of Los Angeles · Rodgers v. Commonwealth · Letcher v. Derricott · State v. Bailey
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . It was not incumbent upon the prosecution to make the showing urged by appellant or even to show that the contents of the packages were in the same condition at the time of trial in district court as when sold by appellant to the agent. There is no indication of tampering with the exhibits and it must be recognized that many substances may be either wholly or partially consumed or changed in appearance by reason of chemical analysis. Beyond this, the critical fact to be proven in connection with these exhibits was that the contents of the packages sold by appellant consisted of heroin. In such a situation the identity to be proved is that of the material sold with the material analyzed. Here the prosecution clearly established the essential links in the chain of evidence to show that the powder analyzed was that sold by appellant to the agent. No error derived from admission of the exhibits.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. White
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