85 Wash. 2d 840 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably 103 Wash. 2d 165 - State v. Ryan (1984), 88 Wash. 2d 221 - State v. Wanrow (1977)
2 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on California v. Green · Dutton v. Evans · Rogers v. United States · Beck v. Dye · 92 Ga. App. 207 - Steve M. Solomon, Jr., Inc. v. Edgar
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) reliability of the testimony sought to be admitted, and (2) availability of the source (the out-of-court declarant) to appear, swear, and be cross-examined”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) It must be shown that the mechanical transcription device was capable of taking testimony. (2) It must be shown that the operator of the device was competent to operate it. (3) The authenticity and correctness of the recording must be established. (4) It must be shown that changes, additions, or deletions have not been made. (5) The manner of preservation of the record must be shown. (6) Speakers must be identified. (7) It must be shown that the testimony elicited was freely and voluntarily made, without any kind of duress.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“appear to have been made in a natural manner and not under circumstances of suspicion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.