State v. Ray’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1995
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Jones · State v. Dunn · State v. Watson · State v. Jones
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(I) a present understanding of, or the ability to understand upon instruction, the obligation to speak the truth; (2) the capacity to observe the occurrence about which testimony is being sought; (3) the capacity to remember the occurrence about which testimony is sought; and (4) the capacity to translate the occurrence into words. State v. Ray, 779 S.W.2d 3, 5 (Mo.App.1989). Determination of competency is left to the discretion of the trial court, and its decision will not be reversed absent a clear abuse of discretion. State v. Johnson, 694 S.W.2d 490, 491 (Mo.App.1985).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Brown
How this case has been treated — in progress
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