Hamner v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently May 2011
4 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 Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona · Games v. State · Jarrett v. State · Samuels v. State · Janner 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Certain basic principles apply to an accomplice's testimony. Such testimony is highly suspect and should be strongly scrutinized by the trier of fact. Samuels v. State (1987), Ind.App., 505 N.E.2d 120, 122 . The exposure of a witness's motivation in testifying is a proper and important function of the constitutionally protected right of cross-examination. Jarrett v. State (1986), Ind., 498 N.E.2d 967, 968 . To effectively analyze a witness's credibility, a jury should have before it all the relevant circumstances which cause or induce the witness to testify, including the rewards for such testimony and any promises by the State or prosecuting attorney to grant immunity. Watson v. State (1987), Ind., 507 N.E.2d 571, 572 ; Samuels, supra . It is essential to the jury's fact finding role any bias and prejudice of a witness be exposed so that the jury can weigh the witness's testimony and a fair trial is insured. Janner v. State (1988), Ind. App., 521 N.E.2d 709, 716 . This disclosure must include all relevant circumstances which induced the witness's testimony. Samuels, supra .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. J.J. v. State · JJ v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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