Pennebaker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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. ““The only reasonable inference that can be made is that the sheriff’s testimony was offered as evidence of the truth of the facts asserted to him by the police specialist and the car dealers. He was merely acting as a conduit for information possessed by them. Therefore, the sheriff’s testimony was inadmissible as hearsay evidence. The value of the sheriff’s testimony would depend upon the veracity and competence of the police specialist and car dealers who were not under oath and did not testify at the trial subject to cross-examination.” 256 Ind. at 531 , 270 N.E.2d at 760 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Ind. App. 428 - Smith v. State

2. ““Hearsay evidence is testimony in court, or written evidence, of a statement made out of court, the statement being offered as an assertion to show the truth of matters asserted therein, and thus resting for its value upon the credibility of the out-of-court asserter.” McCORMICK’S HANDBOOK OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE § 246, at 584 (2d ed. E. Cleary 1970), quoted in Pennebaker v. State, supra; Wells v. State (1970), 254 Ind. 608 , 261 N.E.2d 865 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Ind. App. 428 - Smith v. State