State v. Oyama’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The] right [of confrontation] is not absolute and defense counsel can waive certain aspects of the right where such waiver is considered a matter of trial tactics and procedure; in which event the trial court is not required to determine whether defendant had knowingly and voluntarily waived his right. However, where waiver goes beyond tactics and procedure, and significantly impinges on a constitutionally guaranteed right, the defendant must make the decision with regard to waiver.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. FRUSTAGLI