State v. Sheehan’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
July 2025
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Crawford v. Washington · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · Frye v. United States
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our review of the district court's exercise of its discretion includef[s] review to ensure that no mistakes of law affected a lower court's use of its discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. F.L. v. State · F.L. v. State“[Thhe factfinder bears the ultimate responsibility for evaluating the accuracy, reliability, and weight of the testimony,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[There are two separate reliability determinations: admissibility, which is a legal determination the court makes, and the weight assigned to the evidence admitted at trial, which is a factual determination made by the fact finder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.