Moe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “accommodates the human realities that the condition or event may happen so fast that the words do not quite keep pace, and proving a true match of words and events may be impossible for ordinary witnesses, so it would be foolish to require a statement to be truly simultaneous with the event or condition. The exception allows enough flexibility to reach statements made a moment after the fact, where a small delay or”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schultz v. State · State Ex Rel. Ja

2. “It is settled law that a proponent of evidence has the burden to apprise the trial court that a rule of evidence permits the admission of that evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Silva v. State · Bloomfield v. State

3. “made while . . . the declarant was perceiving the event.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Ja