State v. Dionne’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
June 1999
most recently cited
1 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Hardy · State v. Mylon · International Silver Co. v. DiGirolamo · State v. Gatcomb
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The samples destroyed in this case were not unique as the gutted cottage remained full of similar charred material. Defendant had continuous access to the cottage and possessed sufficient expertise regarding fire investigations to appreciate the importance of obtaining and testing charred material. The absence of the tested samples did not preclude defendant from impeaching either the methods used by the State’s expert or the conclusions drawn from the test results.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Berkley
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.