Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
72 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently June 2011 · most notably Quinones v. State (1980), Webb v. State (1988)
72 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on French v. State · Thrush v. State · 164 Tex. Crim. 24 - Hutson v. State · Cummings v. Jess Edwards, Inc. · 158 Tex. Crim. 171 - Schwartz 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a showing that the recording device was capable of taking testimony, (2) a showing that the operator of the device was competent, (3) establishment of the authenticity and correctness of the recording, (4) a showing that changes, additions, or deletions have not been made, (5) a showing of the manner of the preservation of the recording, (6) identification of the speakers, and (7) a showing that the testimony elicited was voluntarily made without any kind of inducement.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage““We hold that the requirements as set out above are applicable in criminal trials as well. However, we also find that at least some of the requirements can be inferred from the testimony and need not be shown with the same particularity required for admission of other mechanically acquired evidence, such as the results of a breathalyzer test.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harris v. State““The trial court erred in admitting into evidence, over Appellant’s objection, video taped testimony of complainant for substantial portions of said video tape were unintelligible and garbled and the introduction of same was in violation of Article 38.071 Section 2(a)(3), C.C.P.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Whittemore 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.