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← 116 A3D 196 - State v. Justin Prout

State v. Justin Prout’s Empirical Analysis

2015

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Allen Wray · State v. Prout · State v. John Ford · State v. Rodriguez · State v. Robert Raso

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. “At a probation-violation hearing, [t]he sole issue for a hearing justice * * * is whether * * * the defendant has breached a condition of his or her probation by failing to keep the peace or remain on good behavior.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “To determine whether the defendant has committed a violation, the hearing justice weighs the evidence and assesses the credibility of the witnesses.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “'the burden of proof at a probation-violation hearing is much lower than the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt used in criminal trials.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.