State v. Silva’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2003
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Young · 11 Mass. App. Ct. 288 - Commonwealth v. Brown · People v. Dawson · State v. Irving · Commonwealth v. Nickerson
Most-quoted passages
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“laid by asking whether `the witness was aware of the nature of the charges pending against the defendant, had reason to know he had exculpatory information, had a reasonable motive to act to exonerate the defendant, [and] was familiar with the means to make the information available to law enforcement authorities.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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