Combs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Indiana Code § 9-30-6-6 provides that blood samples collected at the request of a law enforcement officer as part of a criminal investigation must be obtained by “[a] physician or a person trained in obtaining bodily substance samples and acting under the direction of or under a protocol prepared by a physician[.]” Ind.Code § 9-30-6-6(a). This is not a requirement that may be ignored. As our Supreme Court has recognized, “the foundation for admission of laboratory blood drawing and testing results, by statute, involves technical adherence to a physician’s directions or to a protocol prepared by a physician.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Boston v. State · Brown v. State

2. “[al physician or a person trained in obtaining bodily substance samples and acting under the direction of or under a protocol prepared by a physician.”

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