7 Tennessee opinions name it 2 courts 2017–2022 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Tennessee courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Young v. United Statesgreen2 sentences2022For those statements that are not easily classified as nontestimonial, our supreme court has concluded that “a statement is testimonial at least when it passes the basic evidentiary purpose test plus either the . . . targeted accusation requirement” adopted by the plurality of the Supreme Court in Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. 50 (2012), or the “formality criterion” espoused by Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion in Williams, stating that “[o]therwise put, . . . an out-of-court statement is testimonial . . . if its primary purpose is evidentiary and it is either a targeted accusation or 2021For those statements that are not easily classified as nontestimonial, our supreme court has concluded that “a statement is testimonial at least when it passes the basic evidentiary purpose test plus either the . . . targeted accusation requirement” adopted by the plurality of the Supreme Court in Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. 50 (2012), or the “formality criterion” espoused by Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion in Williams, stating that “[o]therwise put, . . . an out-of-court statement is testimonial . . . if its primary purpose is evidentiary and it is either a targeted accusation or | 5 | 6 |
State of Tennessee v. Jessie Dotsongreen2 sentences2022For those statements that are not easily classified as nontestimonial, our supreme court has concluded that “a statement is testimonial at least when it passes the basic evidentiary purpose test plus either the . . . targeted accusation requirement” adopted by the plurality of the Supreme Court in Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. 50 (2012), or the “formality criterion” espoused by Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion in Williams, stating that “[o]therwise put, . . . an out-of-court statement is testimonial . . . if its primary purpose is evidentiary and it is either a targeted accusation or 2021For those statements that are not easily classified as nontestimonial, our supreme court has concluded that “a statement is testimonial at least when it passes the basic evidentiary purpose test plus either the . . . targeted accusation requirement” adopted by the plurality of the Supreme Court in Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. 50 (2012), or the “formality criterion” espoused by Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion in Williams, stating that “[o]therwise put, . . . an out-of-court statement is testimonial . . . if its primary purpose is evidentiary and it is either a targeted accusation or | 1 | 7 |
Crawford v. Washingtongreen1 sentence2021See Crawford, 541 U.S. at 51 (citation omitted). | 1 | 1 |
State of Tennessee v. Thomas Lee Hutchisongreen2 sentences2021Our supreme court has adopted a framework that finds a statement testimonial “‘when [the statement] passes the basic evidentiary purpose test plus either the . . . targeted accusation requirement or [the] formality criterion.’” Dotson, 450 S.W.3d at 69 (quoting Young, 63 A.3d at 1043-44 ); see Hutchison, 482 S.W.3d at 910 . 2021See Hutchison, 482 S.W.3d at 910 (reasoning that the basic evidentiary purpose test is the “threshold standard”). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Williams v. Illinois
red
2 sentences2022For those statements that are not easily classified as nontestimonial, our supreme court has concluded that “a statement is testimonial at least when it passes the basic evidentiary purpose test plus either the . . . targeted accusation requirement” adopted by the plurality of the Supreme Court in Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. 50 (2012), or the “formality criterion” espoused by Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion in Williams, stating that “[o]therwise put, . . . an out-of-court statement is testimonial . . . if its primary purpose is evidentiary and it is either a targeted accusation or 2021For those statements that are not easily classified as nontestimonial, our supreme court has concluded that “a statement is testimonial at least when it passes the basic evidentiary purpose test plus either the . . . targeted accusation requirement” adopted by the plurality of the Supreme Court in Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S. 50 (2012), or the “formality criterion” espoused by Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion in Williams, stating that “[o]therwise put, . . . an out-of-court statement is testimonial . . . if its primary purpose is evidentiary and it is either a targeted accusation or | 5 | 2017–2022 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.