State v. Goetz’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
May 2009
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 56 Wash. 2d 846 - State v. Baker · Lauderdale v. State · 316 So. 2d 100 - State v. Jones · 360 So. 2d 853 - State v. Graham · 353 So. 2d 989 - State v. Burnette
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because an intoxication test conducted with chemicals of inferior quality could bring to bear a practically conclusive presumption of guilt against an innocent person, it is essential that the officially promulgated methods, procedures and techniques include a thorough analysis of the chemicals by a chemist under laboratory conditions to insure that they are of proper composition, strength and volume at the time a test is conducted.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bailey · State v. Corkran“... it shall be necessary for each individual instrument of the approved model to be checked out and approved for use by the State Police Crime Laboratory, Applied Technology Unit, at least once every four months, and a machine recertification form shall be maintained for each machine in the State Police Crime Laboratory, Applied Technology Unit....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Maintenance checks will be performed on a routine basis at least once every four months, by the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory. Items to be checked shall be not limited to the following: "A. Each lot of ampuls shall be spotchecked for performance. "B. Clean instrument. "C. Calibration check of standard ampuls. "D. Running of a known alcohol solution in which results shall be within plus or minus.010g% or the known alcohol value. (See Exhibit C). "E. In the event any repair work is needed, it will be recorded in detail (See Exhibits D & E). "Repair work will be performed by technicians working for the Applied Technology Section of the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory who are certified by the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Health Services and Environmental Quality, Bureau of Laboratories, to perform such maintenance. "The Applied Technology Section of Louisiana Police Crime Laboratory shall have the authority to instruct other individuals to perform such maintenance (Exhibit F). Upon satisfactory completion of such training the individual shall be certified to perform maintenance by the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Health Services and Environmental Quality, Bureau of Laboratories. "Records covering maintenance, etc., of the P.E.I. (photo-electric intoximeter) instrument will be kept by the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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