State v. Rozerick E. Mattox’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “made under circumstances which would lead an objective witness reasonably to believe that the statement would be available for use at a later trial”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Oscar C. Thomas · Commonwealth v. Montrond

2. “held a defendant's right to confrontation is violated if the trial court receives into evidence out-of-court statements by someone who does not testify at the trial if those statements are 'testimonial' and the defendant has not had 'a prior opportunity' to cross-examine the out-of-court declarant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Raymond L. Nieves

3. “primary purpose was to identify the concentration of the tested substances in biological samples . . . as part of [the] autopsy to determine the cause of death -- not to create a substitute for out-of-court testimony or to gather evidence . . . for prosecution”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Montrond