Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Rule 803(4) is premised on the patient's selfish motive in receiving appropriate treatment." This motive is no longer present once a diagnosis has been made and treatment has begun. The details a patient may report during an extended course of treatment may be prompted by other motives, such as denial or deception, or be influenced by the treatment process itself.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Taylor v. State · Taylor v. State

2. “Statements made for the purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or part or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the reception or general character of the cause or external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State · Kevin Fahrni v. State

3. “The rule against hearsay is a rule of exclusion. Courts have long recognized exceptions to that exclusion tailored to allow the introduction of evidence that is likely to be trustworthy. Common to the various hearsay exceptions is the notion that circumstances attendant to the out-of-court statement provide sufficient guarantees of the statement’s trustworthiness, thus rendering unnecessary the normal judicial assurances of trustworthiness secured by cross-examination and the oath. 5 Wigmore on Evidence §§ 1420,1422 (3d ed.1940).”

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