Alex S. Evans v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia’s Empirical Analysis
400 F.2d 826 · 1968
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
5
states following
December 1978
most recently cited
19 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Gideon v. Wainwright · Bruton v. United States · Mapp v. Ohio
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when rational substitutes for the benefits of confrontation actually exist, there is no reason to exclude hearsay evidence. Although we express no view as to the constitutional validity of any exception to the confrontation requirement which has not been ruled upon, it is important to point out that generally recognized exceptions to the hearsay rule have developed from a painful process of rationalizing the denial of confrontation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hoover v. Beto
How this case has been treated — in progress
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