Taylor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

76 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “so clearly wrong as to lie outside the zone within which reasonable people might disagree.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Prince v. State · Reed v. State

2. “The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is available as a witness: [[Image here]] (4) Statements for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment. ■Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment. • .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Leavelle Franklin v. State · Kevin Fahrni v. State

3. “Once the opponent of hearsay evidence makes the proper objection, it becomes the burden of the proponent of the evidence to establish that an exception applies that would make the evidence admissible in spite of its hearsay character.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White, Brian Jason · Amberson v. State