Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 district · 75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably 213 Ill. 2d 523 - In Re Commitment of Simons (2004), Clemons v. State (2006)
2 district · 75 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Frye v. United States · 17 Cal. 3d 24 - People v. Kelly · Dorsey v. State · People v. Collins · Reed v. State
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Expert testimony may be admitted, in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if the court determines that the testimony will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue. In making that determination, the court shall determine (1) whether the witness is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, (2) the appropriateness of the expert testimony on the particular subject, and (3) whether a sufficient factual basis exists to support the expert testimony.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] condition necessary to the proper application of the product rule was lacking: there was inadequate proof of the independence of Brandi and Garrett’s deaths. As evidenced by the authorities above cited, there is not general agreement in the scientific community as to the relationship between SIDS deaths within a single family. Stated anoth er way, there is not general agreement in the medical community that multiple SIDS deaths in a single family are genetically unrelated. The literature continues to reflect a lively debate concerning the role of genetics in SIDS. Moreover, the recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that there may well be a genetic component to SIDS. See Michael J. Ackerman et al., Postmortem Molecular Analysis of SCN5A Defects in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, 286 JAMA 2264 (2001). If there is any consensus in the field, it is that more research into the question is necessary before general acceptance is reached.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Where the validity and reliability of a scientific technique is so broadly and generally accepted within the scientific community, as in the case of ballistic tests, blood tests, and the like, a trial court may take judicial notice of its reliability.”
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.