Moore v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
January 2005
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Montgomery v. State · Walker v. State · Bueno v. State · Wright v. State · Mitchell v. State
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when there [is] a possibility of commingling the item with items similar in appearance, when items not having distinctive characteristics [have] not been marked with distinctive markings by the sponsoring witness, and when necessary to refute a suggestion that the evidence [has] been tampered with or changed in some manner.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ballard v. State · Gill v. State“The requirement of authentication or identification as a condition precedent to admissibility is satisfied by evidence sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what its proponent claims.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Garner v. State · Pena v. State“‘minor theoretical breaches in the chain of custody’ will not affect admissibility in absence of 'affirmative evidence of tampering or commingling.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reed v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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