State v. Townsend’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1994
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · 536 So. 2d 206 - Perez v. State · 519 So. 2d 1076 - State v. Allen
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. The court finds in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient safeguards of reliability.... and 2. The child either: a. Testifies; or b. Is unavailable as a witness, provided that there is other corroborative evidence of the abuse or offense. Unavailability shall include a finding by the court that the child’s participation in the trial or proceeding would result in a substantial likelihood of severe emotional or mental harm, in addition to findings pursuant to s. 90.804(1).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cherryhomes v. State“existing physical or mental illness or infirmity”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Townsend
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.