Valmain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
3
states following
December 2016
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Crawford v. Washington · United States v. Renville · 584 So. 2d 426 - Mohr v. State · Mima Queen and Childs for Freedom v. Hepburn · 606 So. 2d 1051 - Jones v. State
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[An appellate court] must accept as true the evidence which supports the verdict and will reverse only when convinced that the circuit court has abused its discretion in failing to grant a new trial. A new trial will not be ordered unless the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction unconscionable injustice.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describe ing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment, .regardless of to. whom the statements are made, or when the statements are made, if the court, in its discretion, affirmatively finds that the proffered statements were made under circumstances substantially indicating their trustworthiness....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[H]earsay testimony identifying the perpetrator is admissible under Miss. R. Evid. 803(4) regardless of whether he or she is a member of the child’s immediate household. The overriding question making the inquiry necessary is, “Will the perpetrator have access to the child in the future that would allow the sexual abuse to continue?” Because the inquiry is necessary for treatment, the answer is admissible under the rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Anthony v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.