Troxell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[O]nce the State 'strongly suggests' the exact whereabouts of the evidence, any gaps go to the weight of the evidence and not to admissibility.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Matter of the Involuntary Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of A.W., B.W., and D.W. (Minor Children), and D.W. (Father) v. Indiana Department of Child Services (mem. dec.) · Espinoza v. State

2. “The State bears a higher burden to establish the chain of custody of 'fungible' evidence, such as blood and hair samples, whose appearance is indistinguishable to the naked eye.”

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

3. “To establish a proper chain of custody, the State must give reasonable assurances that the evidence remained in an undisturbed condition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Matter of the Involuntary Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of A.W., B.W., and D.W. (Minor Children), and D.W. (Father) v. Indiana Department of Child Services (mem. dec.)