Hardin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When the expert is from a [discipline which] involvefs] technical or other specialized knowledge, experience, and training as opposed, to the scientific method, the test for reliability is: ■ (1) whether the .field of expertise is a legitimate one, (2) whether the subject matter of the expert’s testimony is within the scope of that field, and (3) whether the expert’s testimony properly relies on and/or utilizes the principles involved in the field.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martha Aracely Richter v. State

2. “• the nature of the error; • the persistence of the prosecutor; • the flagrancy of the violation; • the particular instruction given; • the weight of the incriminating evidence; and • the harm to the accused as measured by the severity of the sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roberson v. State