Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Unless the source of information or the circumstances of preparation indicate- a lack of trustworthiness, [extrinsic evidence of authenticity is not required when] the original or a duplicate of a domestic record of regularly conducted activity [is] within the scope of Rule 803(6), which the custodian thereof or another qualified person certifies under oath (i) was made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth, by or from information transmitted by[ ] a person with knowledge of those matters; (ii) is kept in the course of the regularly conducted activity[;] and (iii) was made by the regularly conducted activity as a regular practice.”

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

2. “'[S]talk' means a knowing or an intentional course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of another person that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or threatened and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or threatened.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. James R. Eisert v. State of Indiana

3. “conduct, the defendant did more than the minimum necessary to invoke the statute, thereby warranting an enhanced sentence). Vazquez also argues that the trial court erred by finding the fact that he”

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