Rivera v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
July 2013
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pointer v. Texas · White v. Illinois · Alaska v. United States · Alaska v. United States · Davis v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“extending this exception to a FDLE lab records custodian in a criminal proceeding would threaten Rivera's right under the Confrontation Clause to question the witness to ensure a fair trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson · State v. Belvin“under cross-examination, could not have answered questions concerning chain of custody, methods of scientific testing, and analytical procedures regarding the contraband at issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson · State v. Belvin
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.