State v. Ladner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The excited utterance exception is based on the rationale that 'the startling event suspends the declarant's process of reflective thought, reducing the likelihood of fabrication.'”

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

2. “In Crawford v. Washington [ 1 ] , the United States Supreme Court ... held that the admission of testimonial hearsay statements against an accused violates the Confrontation Clause if: (1) the declarant is unavailable to testify at trial, and (2) the accused has had no prior opportunity to cross-examine the declarant.”

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

3. “The Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause guarantees that '[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him.'”

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