State v. Rivers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To establish the existence of a [previous] conviction, a certified copy of the judgment and sentence is the best evidence. The State may introduce other comparable evidence only if it shows that the writing is unavailable for some reason other than the serious fault of the proponent. In that case, comparable documents of record or trial transcripts may suffice.”

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

2. “did not present any statement on oath or otherwise argue that he was not the person named in the judgment and sentence”

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

3. “[I]llegal or erroneous sentences may be challenged for the first time on appeal.”

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