State v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[R]ather, the results of the report came in through the testimony of the lab supervisor, who was proffered as an expert witness and who had a close connection to the testing such that ‘the defense was able to thoroughly cross-examine [him] as to the samples, procedures, safeguards, and results reached’ in the particular case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2007 Pa. Super. 4 - Commonwealth v. Bruce · State v. Williams

2. “[t]he DNA analysis prepared in the present case was for no other purpose but this litigation, calling into question the report's reliability as a business record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams

3. “checked the computations of the technician and verified that the technician would have followed the standard laboratory procedures.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams