State v. Ricks’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
130
cited by 130 later decisions
1
states following
December 2025
most recently cited
128 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Crawford v. Washington · Tennessee v. Garner · Davis v. Washington · Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
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 130 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the conduct to be explained is relevant, equivocal, and contemporaneous with the statements, (2) the probative value of the statements is not substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, and (3) the statements do not connect the accused with the crime charged.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'primary purpose [was] to establish or prove past events potentially relevant to later criminal prosecution.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Heard · State v. Spradlin“Crawford also stated that the Confrontation Clause does not bar the use of testimonial statements for purposes other than establishing the truth of the matter asserted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gibson · State v. Hashi
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.