State v. Price’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Anderson · State v. Cain

2. “An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's ruling is based on an error of law or a factual conclusion that is without evidentiary support.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Simpson · State v. Rose

3. “The rule against hearsay prohibits the admission of evidence of an out of court statement to prove the truth of the matter asserted unless an exception to the rule applies.”

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