State v. Olesen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “I asked [L.Z.] if she had ever been hurt around her bottom, and she replied that her daddy had hurt;her. I then asked her where and she pointed to the vaginal area. I then asked if someone had, if her father had put his fingers in her and she nodded affirmatively. I then asked if it hurt and she again indicated affirmatively that it had hurt.... I asked her if she had, if he had placed [his penis] in her and she indicated affirmatively again____ She did not elaborate in detail, it was just, she did say that she had been hurt and when asked about the area, indicated ... her vaginal area and nodded as I asked the questions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Olesen v. Class

2. “Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain, or sensation, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof are not excluded by § 19-16-4 in so far as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment, even though the declarant is available as a witness.”

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