State v. Goebel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While Giddings, and others who are similarly situated, were not afforded a hearing pursuant to § 46-23-1012, MCA (1999), and thus the District Court lacked jurisdiction to hold a revocation hearing in their cases, the State may now refile the petition to revoke their probation pursuant to § 46-23-1012, MCA (2001), as long as those probationers were still “under the custody or supervision of the department of corrections” on May 1, 2001.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vance v. Acton

2. “[T]o proceed anew, the State and the District Court must follow the procedure outlined in the newly amended statute which became effective May 1, 2001, and by its own provision may be applied retroactively to offenders who are under the custody or supervision of the department of corrections on [May 1, 2001] (internal quotation marks omitted).”

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

3. “If, during that time period, the probationer was arrested pursuant to a warrant issued by a judge, and the probationer was not afforded a probable cause hearing within 36 hours of the probationer’s arrest, then ... the District Court did not have jurisdiction to hold a revocation hearing.”

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