State v. Standifur’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

46 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A statement against interest that survives this analysis, and those related statements so closely connected with it as to be equally trustworthy, are admissible as declarations against interest.”

   12 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stewart v. State · Gray v. State

2. “[a] statement which was at the time of its making so contrary to the declarant’s pecuniary or proprietary interest, so tended to subject the declarant to civil or criminal liability, or so tended to render invalid a claim by the declarant against another, that a reasonable person in the declarant's position would not have made the statement unless the person believed it to be true. A statement tending to expose the declarant to criminal liability and offered to exculpate the accused is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. State · Jackson v. State

3. “a trial judge may be called upon to determine whether a reasonable person who is under the influence [of] alcohol or drugs would have understood the disserving nature of a particular statement.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. State · State v. Matusky