State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Here, there were only two available expert -witnesses on the “barefoot insole impression” evidence. The trial judge recognized this anomaly and properly limited the State to only eliciting non-protected information____Moreover, the State only called [the expert] during an in camera hearing for the benefit of the trial judge’s ruling on the admissibility of the “barefoot insole impression” evidence. Because [the expert] did not testify during the trial, the State’s decision to call [the expert] as a witness could not have affected the jury’s assessment of the evidence.... Additionally, the State’s questioning of [the expert] was confined to general testimony regarding his expertise and his opinion regarding the scientific reliability of the evidence. Significantly, the State did not question [the expert] concerning the specifics of the crime scene evidence.... Based on the foregoing, we hold the trial judge’s decision denying [the defendant’s] motion to quash the State’s subpoena of [the expert] did not constitute reversible error.”

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