State v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “have not completely discarded reliability as a factor when determining whether public records, such as those admitted in this case, are testimonial.... A reliability-based approach to public records is harmonious with both the purpose of the Confrontation Clause right and the modern realities associated with proving the content of routinely maintained motor vehicle records.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Jasper · State v. Jasper

2. “[s]uch certificate is accusatory, was introduced to establish an element of the crime, was prepared at the request of law enforcement as part of its investigation in this case, and is evaluative in the sense that it represents not simply the production of an existing record, but an assertion regarding the results of an individual's search of a database or databases”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Jasper · State v. Jasper

3. “because the statutory conditions for restoration had not been satisfied.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Jasper · State v. Jasper