Johnson v. O'farrell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(A) The record was made at or near the time by—or from information transmitted by—someone with knowledge; (B) The record was kept in the course of a regularly conducted activity of a business, organization, occupation, or calling, whether or not for profit; (C) Making the record was a regular practice of that activity; (D) All these conditions are shown by the testimony of the custodian or another qualified icitness, or by a certification that complies with a rule or a statute permitting certification-, and (E) The opponent does not show that the source of information or the method or circumstances of preparation indicate a lack of trustworthiness.”

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