79 Ohio App. 3d 589 - State v. Humphries’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

51 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[t]he controlling factor is whether the declaration was made under such circumstances as would reasonably show that it resulted from impulse rather than reason and reflection.'”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Leach · State v. Robinson

2. “(1) the lapse of time between the event and the declaration; (2) the mental and physical condition of the declarant; (3) the nature of the statement; and (4) the influence of intervening circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Joshua C., Unpublished Decision (12-5-2003) · State v. Root, Unpublished Decision (5-14-2004)

3. ““Records, reports, statements, or data compilations, in any form, of public offices or agencies, setting forth (a) the activities of the office or agency, or (b) matters observed pursuant to duty imposed by law as to which matters there was a duty to report, excluding, however, in criminal cases matters observed by police officers and other law enforcement personnel, unless offered by defendant, unless the sources of information or other circumstances indicate lack of trustworthiness.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 115 Ohio App. 3d 449 - Pool v. Wade