Fountain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
72
cited by 72 later decisions
2
states following
December 1996
most recently cited
69 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Neil v. Biggers · Stovall v. Denno · Manson v. Brathwaite · Gannett Co Inc v. A · United States v. Ash
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime. 2. The witness's degree of attention. 3. The accuracy of the witness's prior description of the criminal. 4. The level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation. 5. The length of time between the crime and the confrontation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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