State v. Hancock’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 15 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`reasonable procedure' that must be followed in order for a defendant to exercise a constitutional right-in this case, the confrontation right.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cunningham · 971 So. 2d 496 - State Ex Rel. Cd

2. “the Oregon Crime Laboratory received approximately 8,800 subpoenas, but criminalists actually testified in only 10 percent of the cases.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cunningham · 971 So. 2d 496 - State Ex Rel. Cd

3. “Defendant has the right to confront the [analyst]----By its very terms, [the Oregon statute] expressly safeguards a defendant’s right to confront and cross-examine, “face-to-face,” the person who performed the tests— If a defendant wants to cross-examine the [analyst], he or she must subpoena the [analyst]. Service of the subpoena puts the state on notice that the defendant wants to cross-examine the [analyst]. At trial, the state can, if it wishes, call the [analyst] to testify to the testing processes, or it can offer the report [as permitted by the statute].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 49 Va. App. 155 - Brooks v. Commonwealth