227 Wis. 2d 167 - State v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
89 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions — most recently February 2023 · most notably 238 Ill. 2d 33 - In Re Detention of Hardin (2010), State v. Williams (2002)
89 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on California v. Green · Dutton v. Evans · Banks v. Privonka · 197 Wis. 2d 252 - State v. Carpenter · 121 Wis. 2d 389 - State v. Dunn
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Bases of opinion testimony by experts. The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to the expert at or before the hearing. If of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field in forming opinions or inferences upon the subject, the facts or data need not be admissible in evidence.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f a witness is qualified as an expert and has special knowledge that is relevant because it will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or determine a fact in issue, the expert's analysis or opinion will normally be admitted into evidence.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Long · State v. St. George“[Wisconsin Stat. §] 907.03 is not a hearsay exception. Hearsay data upon which the expert's opinion is predicated may not be automatically admitted into evidence by the proponent and used for the truth of the matter asserted unless the data are otherwise admissible under a recognized exception to the hearsay rule. (Citation omitted.)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.