Peterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
604 F.3d 1166 · 2010
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Crawford v. Washington · Gerstein v. Pugh · California v. Green · Costello v. United States · Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There is no Sixth Amendment requirement that [defendants] also be allowed to confront [witnesses] at a preliminary hearing prior to trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The right to confrontation applies when the ability to confront witnesses is most important—when the trier of fact determines the ultimate issue of fact. Consequently, the sixth amendment does not provide a confrontation right at a preliminary hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Fuell“[T]he right to confrontation is basically a trial right. . . . Accordingly, Crawford does not affect the . . . Supreme Court cases holding that the Confrontation Clause is primarily a trial right.”
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.