In re Roman’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently May 2008
23 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.
Most-quoted passages
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“"This is not a situation where a failure to testify will cause a penalty to be exacted. See Lefkowitz v. Turley, 414 U.S. 70 , 94 S.Ct. 316 , 38 L.Ed.2d 274 (1973). Rather, as in a criminal case, the decision to testify or not in the presentation of a defense remains in the unfettered discretion of the Respondent. The decision is a tactical, not a compelled one. A defense to the allegations may be established by alternative methods which do not require the Respondent's testimony." 405 N.Y.S.2d at 904 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is clearly a rational connection between proof of unusual injuries which bear the hallmark of the child abuse syndrome and the inference of child abuse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matter of LEJ“unless he chooses to speak in an unfettered exercise of his own will”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matter of CLR
How this case has been treated — in progress
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