State v. LaDue’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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. “In addition to requiring a timely objection, we have held that the objection must specify what authority, rule, statute or constitutional provision might be violated by the court's decision in order to preserve the issue for appeal; the objector has an obligation to make the basis for the objection clear to the court so that the district court has an opportunity to correct itself.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Bird · State v. Tapson

2. “Any error, defect, irregularity, or variance that does not affect substantial rights must be disregarded. A claim alleging an error affecting ... constitutional rights may not be noticed on appeal if the alleged error was not objected to as provided in 46-20-104, unless the convicted person establishes that the error was prejudicial as to the convicted person’s guilt or punishment and that: (a) the right asserted in the claim did not exist at the time of the trial and has been determined to be retroactive in its application; (b) the prosecutor, the judge, or a law enforcement agency suppressed evidence...; or (c) material and controlling facts upon which the claim is predicated were not known to the convicted person ... and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gray

3. “We will not put a district court in error for an action in which the appealing party acquiesced or actively participated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Bird