State v. Crager’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 74 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] criminal defendant's constitutional right to confrontation is not violated when a qualified expert DNA analyst testifies at trial in place of the DNA analyst who actually conducted the testing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Moore, 85828 (5-15-2008) · State v. Davis, 90050 (6-5-2008)

2. “[t]he reports were made `from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge, [and are] kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity,' and it `was the regular practice of that business' (BCI) to make the reports. Furthermore, the reports were introduced through the testimony of a `qualified witness' * * * and nothing suggests that the `methods or circumstances of preparation indicate lack of trustworthiness.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jackson, 2007-A-0079 (12-31-2008)

3. “For Confrontation Clause purposes, a testimonial statement includes one made `under circumstances which would lead an objective witness reasonably to believe that the statement would be available for use at a later trial.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Hudson, 89588 (3-20-2008)