State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The statute does, however, require, as a preliminary measure of trustworthiness, that the trial judge, prior to admission of such a declaration, make a finding that tire character of tire declaration was of such nature a reasonable man would not make it unless he believed it to be true. Probability of veracity is the safeguard sought; the reasonable man test is the criterion to be used. The judge may in a particular case be faced with a difficult decision where caution should be exercised; in making it he necessarily must be vested with a wide discretion. And it should be kept in mind he is concerned with admissibility, not weight, of evidence.’ [Thompson v. Norman, 198 Kan. 436, 442-43 , 424 P.2d 593 (1967).]” State v. Jackson, 244 Kan. 621, 624 , 772 P.2d 747 (1989).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Brown

2. ““Subject to the limitations of exception (f), a statement which the judge finds was at the time of the assertion so far contrary to the declarant’s pecuniary or proprietary interest or so far subjected tire declarant to civil or criminal liability or so far rendered invalid a claim by the declarant against another or created such risk of making the declarant an object of hatred, ridicule or social disapproval in the community that, a reasonable person in the declarant’s position would not have made tire statement unless the person believed it to be true.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Soto