State v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Generally, to constitute an abuse[,] it must appear that the court clearly exceeded the bounds of reason or disregarded rules or principles of law or practice to the substantial detriment of a party litigant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Adcock.

2. “[W]hile a sentence may be authorized by a constitutionally valid statute, its imposition may be reviewed for plain and manifest abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Adcock.

3. “[t]he court is of the opinion that a fine is specially adapted to the deterrence of the crime involved or to the correction of the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Adcock.