State v. Farber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “made in order to gain an advantage, as when a person in custody makes an admission as part of a plea bargain, or makes a statement after a crime is committed to lay the blame on someone else, or at least implicate him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Nielsen

2. “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right * * * to meet the witnesses face to face[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Hancock

3. “some hearsay statements are admissible, even in light of the confrontation clause”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hancock