State v. Phillips.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “no evidence to show that [Aki's] offense conduct [sic] was the cause of or aggravated”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Aki, Jr. · State v. Alo-Kaonohi

2. “An affidavit in support of a finding of probable cause should 'set forth some of the underlying circumstances from which the police concluded that the objects sought to be recovered were where they claimed they were, and disclose some of the underlying reasons from which the affiant concluded that the information was reliable.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Salvas

3. “[t]he 13 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER authority of a trial court to select and determine the severity of a penalty is normally undisturbed on review in the absence of an apparent abuse of discretion or unless applicable statutory or constitutional commands have not been observed.”

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