Ohio v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
99
cited by 99 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
18
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
83 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Crawford v. Washington · Ohio v. Roberts · Davis v. Washington · Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]tatements by very young children will rarely, if ever, implicate the Confrontation Clause. Few preschool students understand the details of our criminal justice system.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Leach · State v. Thoen“Statements made to someone who is not principally charged with uncovering and prosecuting criminal behavior are significantly less likely to be testimonial than statements given to law enforcement officers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Leach“at least some statements to individuals who are not law enforcement officers could conceivably raise confrontation concerns”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.