State v. Head’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently December 1982 · most notably State v. Alexander (1972), State v. Dixon (1971)
27 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 Pennsylvania v. Budd Co. · State v. Jordan · B.W.L. Sam v. State · People v. Pickett · Morand v. City of Raleigh
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““B. When a witness has been examined as provided in Rule 23 and his testimony .taken as provided in Rule 28, such testimony may be admitted in evidence upon the trial of the defendant for the offense for which he is held, either on behalf of the state or the defendant, if for any reason the testimony of the witness cannot be obtained at the trial and the court is satisfied that the inability to procure such testimony is not due to the fault of the party offering it.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * the constitutional right of an accused to confront witnesses against him is not abridged where the accused at any stage of the proceedings, upon the same accusation, has once been confronted by the witnesses against him, and afforded an opportunity to cross-examine. * * * “ ‘The rule has been settled now in practically every jurisdiction that the reproduction of testimony taken * * * in the presence of accused at a preliminary hearing, when the presence of the witness cannot be secured, does not contravene the constitutional right of an accused to confront the witnesses against him, in whatever language such right has been given.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““A return of the sheriff showing inability to serve a subpoena on the witness is a preliminary showing of absence, but it is not conclusive on the subject. Either party may supplement or contradict the showing. Sam v. State, supra. The ultimate test as announced in the Sam case, is whether the court is satisfied the witness is beyond its jurisdiction.” State v. Head, 91 Ariz. 246 , 371 P.2d 599 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Owens
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.