State v. Steele’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Forrest · State v. Isa · State v. Skillicorn · State v. Davis · State v. Freeman
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. A statement made by a child under the age of fourteen, or a vulnerable person, relating to an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573, performed by another, not otherwise admissible by statute'or court rule, is admissible in evi dence in criminal' proceedings iii the courts of this state as substantive evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted if: (1) The court finds, in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that the time, content and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of reliability; and (2)(a) The child or vulnerable person testifies at the proceedings; or (b) The child or vulnerable person is unavailable as a witness; or (c) The child or vulnerable person is otherwise physically available as a witness but the court finds that the significant emotional or .psychological trauma which would result from testifying in the-personal presence of the defendant makes the child or vulnerable person unavailable as a witness at the time of the criminal proceeding.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.