State v. Helmick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under ordinary circumstances, appellate courts will not consider an issue ... raised for the first time on appeal unless the trial court committed plain error.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 UT App 66 - State Ex Rel. Er · Mule-Hide Products Co. v. White

2. “() an error exists; (ii) the error should have been obvious to the trial court; and (i) the error is harmful, i.e., absent the error, there is a reasonable likelihood of a more favorable outcome for the appellant, or phrased differently, our confidence in the verdict is undermined.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Roth · State v. Vargas

3. “statute expressly addresses the sentence the trial judge must impose once the gang enhancement has been found proper. Nowhere does it require the trial judge to impose a sentence first on the underlying charge, and only then on the gang enhancement. To the contrary, the statute provides that only one sentence should be imposed: an enhanced minimum sentence.”

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