State v. Keels’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2007
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Hawkins v. State · State v. Gilbert · Wilson v. State · State v. Wilson
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The entire controversy revolves around whether the declarant had “a certain belief that rapid death was inevitable.” This, the learned text writer teaches us, is the most essential element of the dying declaration exception to the hearsay rule. The requirement is one of hopelessness, and it must be met. Where the person is oblivious to the danger, or where he is merely aware of the possibility or even a probability, the requirement of hopelessness is not met. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hampton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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