State v. Rauscher’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
July 1986
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Stecker · State v. Willers · State v. Hicks · State v. Drapeau · State v. Beene
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense, or the circumstances thereof.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Moellar · State v. Brown“does not require that corroborative evidence be produced which, by itself, would sustain a conviction. The rule is satisfied if such evidence in some substantial degree (1) tends to affirm the truth of the testimony of the accomplice, and (2) tends to establish the guilt of the defendant. Circumstantial evidence may be sufficient to corroborate the testimony of an accomplice, but if a circumstance is as consistent with innocence as with guilt, then it cannot be held to corroborate the testimony given by the accomplice. (Citations omitted.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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