State v. Ramsey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where identification is concerned, the general rule is that a trial court must hold an in camera hearing when the State offers a witness whose testimony identifies the defendant as the person who committed the crime, and the defendant challenges the in-court identification as being tainted by a previous, illegal identification or confrontation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cheatham · State v. Lewis

2. “We find the DNA evidence in this case is not so tainted that it is totally unreliable. Two conflicting theories were offered at trial as to how the evidence was collected and its potential for contamination. [The defendant] maintains the blood on the boot could be contaminated, while the police officers testified they were careful and complied with procedures, We find these issues relate to the weight of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lance David Bean v. State

3. “classic violations of evidence preservation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lance David Bean v. State