State v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether the statement was given voluntarily, under oath, and subject to cross-examination and penalty of perjury; the declarant's relationship to the parties; the declarant's motivation to make the statement; the declarant's personal knowledge; whether the declarant ever recanted the statement; the existence of corroborating evidence; and the character of the declarant for truthfulness and honesty.”

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

2. “the witness 'had no motive to lie,' and the witness 'repeated consistent versions of her statement to two different [people] within a short period of time.'”

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

3. “volunteered 'without suggesting or leading questions' ... [and] 'remained consistent throughout both of' the witness's 'versions of what happened'”

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