State v. Velasquez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The demand is invalid unless it is filed with the clerk of the court not later than ten days after the occurrence of the earliest of any one. of the following events: a. The date of the notice of assignment or reassignment of a judge for trial of the case; b. The date of notice that a trial has been scheduled; or c. The date of service of any ex parte order in the case signed by the judge against whom the demand is filed.”

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

2. “crime involves an injury to the collective community.... [T]here is no doubt that the state and its taxpayers suffered damages resulting from the commission of the offense.”

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

3. “Words in a statute are to be understood in their ordinary sense, that is the meaning an ordinary person could get from reading the section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re FF