Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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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. “"[I]t is to be presumed that the integrity of evidence routinely handled by governmental officials was suitably preserved '[unless the accused makes] a minimal showing of ill will, bad faith, evil motivation, or some evidence of tampering.' United States v. Roberts , 844 F.2d 537 , 549 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 983 , 109 S.Ct. 534 , 102 L.Ed.2d 565 (1988).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 705 So. 2d 413 - Wood v. State Personnel Bd.

2. “(R. 1229A.) He further testified that the statistical methods used in his laboratory were generally accepted in the scientific community. He also testified that quality controls were in place and that another scientist would come behind him and recalculate the population-frequency evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 932 So. 2d 923 - Calhoun v. State