State v. Laboy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court ... that the defendant falls within paragraph (d)(3) [or] (d)(4) ..., the court shall enter an order declaring the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced to be a felony and shall impose a sentence accordingly.”

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

2. “A conviction or other adjudication of guilt ... pursuant to § 4175(b) or § 4177 of this title, or a similar statute of any state or local jurisdiction, any federal or military reservation or the District of Columbia. 6”

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

3. “a person may not challenge the validity of any prior or previous conviction, unless that person first successfully challenges the prior or previous conviction in the court in which the conviction arose ....”

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