State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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

1. ““[W]hether statements made to a SANE are testimonial is a “highly context-dependent inquiry.’ [Citation omitted.] ‘Because the focus is on objective facts, “the relevant inquiiy is not the subjective or actual purpose of the individuals involved . . . , but rather the purpose that reasonable participants would have had, as ascertained from the individuals’ statements and actions and the circumstances in which the encounter occurred.” [Citation omitted.]’ [Citation omitted.] Relying primarily on [Michigan v. Bryant, 562 U.S. 344 , 131 S. Ct. 1143, 1156 , 179 L. Ed. 2d 93 (2011)], Miller adopted a nonexclusive list of the most relevant considerations for establishing the testimonial nature of a victim’s statement to a SANE. Those factors include ‘whether the SANE was a State actor or agent, whether there was an ongoing emergency, whether the encounter was formal, and whether the statements and actions of both [tire victim] and tire SANE reflect a primary purpose focusing on the later prosecution of a crime.’ [Citation omitted.]””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 51 Kan. App. 2d 179 - State v. Belone