State v. Weller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[P]roofs should be adduced to reflect the relative degrees of objectivity and subjectivity involved in the procedure; the regularity with which these analyses are done; the routine quality of each analysis; the presence of any motive to single out a specific analysis for the purpose of rendering an untrustworthy report, and the responsibility of each State Police chemist to make accurate and reliable analyses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 336 N.J. Super. 244 - State v. Oliveri

2. “the report was not admitted into evidence due to the inability of the State to produce complete records of the standard tests performed on the gas chromatograph. The remaining evidence was insufficient to convict defendant and he was found not guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 386 N.J. Super. 84 - State v. Berezansky

3. “without accompanying testimony from the qualified forensic chemist who performed the tests.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 336 N.J. Super. 244 - State v. Oliveri