State v. Cross’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[al person possessing [an] acquaintance with the general reputation of the [person] in the neighborhood or among the people with whom the [person] associates ... may testify concerning [that] reputation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Foulk · Hunter v. State

2. “[We do] not hold that a stranger-investigator may never, under any circumstances, acquire the necessary testimonial qualifications on the ... issue of [a person's] reputation. On the contrary, we are of the view that an investigation and inquiry made for the specific purpose of discovering [a person's] reputation ... may extend over a sufficient time, be broad enough in scope, and be otherwise conducted in such a manner as to enable the investigator reasonably to arrive at a probatively valuable conclusion as to the manner in which [the] community regards [that person].”

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

3. ““The admissible reputation is that which is built up in the neighborhood of a man’s domicile or in the circle where his livelihood is followed (post, § 1615); and it is of slow formation. It is the sum of all that is said or not said for or against him.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

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