State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the nature of the startling or stressful event, the amount of time that passed between the startling event and the statement, the declarant’s opportunity or capacity for reflection or fabrication during that time, the nature of the statement itself, and the declarant’s physical and emotional condition at the time of the statement.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ahmed · State v. Taylor

2. “The following [is] not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is available as a witness: (2) Excited, utterance. A statement relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition.”

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

3. “had hit her and this time, more specifically, that he had `thrown [her] onto the living room floor' and had `punched, kneed, kicked and choked' her.”

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