State v. Lucas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To be charged with violating probation, a defendant must have notice before the initiation of a probation revocation proceeding of what circumstances will constitute a violation of probation.”

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

2. “[D]ecisions regarding probation status are entrusted to the sound discretion of the trial court.... A trial court's ruling will not be set aside absent a finding of abuse of discretion.”

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

3. “Plain error exists only in extraordinary situations where the error is obvious and strikes at the heart of defendant's constitutional rights or results in a miscarriage of justice.”

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