State v. Pratt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'We answer questions of constitutional law by exercising our own independent constitutional judgment based on the facts of the case. Thus, we review questions of constitutional law under the right/wrong standard.'”

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

2. “[T]he absence of evidence to prove an element to which the opposing party has stipulated is to be expected; having executed the stipulation, the prosecution did not present its case in chief at trial.”

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

3. “[a]ll persons shall observe and abide by the officially posted signs . . . designating closed areas and visiting hours.”

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