State v. Arnett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 4 district · 181 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 188 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) appellant had been previously convicted of an offense for which under Arizona Law a sentence of life imprisonment or death was imposable and (2) appellant had been previously convicted of a felony involving the use or threat of violence on another person, thus establishing the aggravating circumstances set forth in A.R.S.§ 13-454(E)(1) and (2). 1 Both of these findings by the trial judge were based on evidence of a prior California conviction for “the crime of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14 years”.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Arnett · State v. McKinney

2. “[T]he State must show `by a preponderance of the evidence' that the confession was freely and voluntarily made. The trial court must look to the totality of the circumstances surrounding the giving of the confession, as presented at `voluntariness' hearings, and decide whether the State has met its burden. However, the trial court's determination of admissibility will not be upset on appeal absent clear and manifest error.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Osbond · State v. Lambright

3. ““(1) The defendant has been convicted of another offense in the United States for which under Arizona law a sentence of life imprisonment or death was imposable.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Arnett · State v. Tittle