State v. Gonzales’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]s long as the court's discretion in dismissing [cases] is limited and exercised with great caution, there is no separation of powers violation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rendleman · State v. Hinton

2. “[B]ecause of separation-of-powers considerations and the public's interest in the prosecution of those charged with criminal offenses, the trial court's discretion to dismiss cases in the interest of justice is necessarily limited. Generally, trial courts may dismiss prosecutions in furtherance of justice against the wishes of the prosecutor only in rare and unusual cases when compelling circumstances require such a result to assure fundamental fairness in the administration of justice.”

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

3. “the most severe prosecutorial transgressions.”

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