State v. Weber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 28 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[c]umulative error may warrant reversal, even if each error standing alone would otherwise be considered harmless.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jones · State v. Bluehorse

2. “unlike virtually any other consideration used to enlarge the possible penalty for an offense, . . . a prior conviction must itself have been established through procedures satisfying the fair notice, reasonable doubt, and jury trial guarantees " Id. at 249 , 119 S.Ct. 1215 (emphasis added); see Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 475-76 , 120 S.Ct. 2348 (discussing Jones ). "[I]n order to fall within the prior conviction exception to the rule in Apprendi , a juvenile adjudication must have had the same constitutional safeguards in place as in Jones , in particular the right to trial by jury and proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

3. “the juvenile justice system is fundamentally different from and serves different purposes than the criminal justice system. While the Juvenile Justice Act of 1977 has been amended many times over the years, the act has always focused on the needs of the juvenile and the goals of rehabilitation and accountability. . . . [i]t is because of the fundamental difference between the juvenile justice system and the criminal system that the United States Supreme Court and this state's appellate courts have held that there is no right to a jury trial in the juvenile system.”

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