State v. Lafferty’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 1 district · 51 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whether a statutory scheme conforms with state and federal constitutional provisions is a question of law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. T.S. v. State · T.S. v. State

2. “(3) The victim and the impact of the crime on the victim's family and community without comparison to other persons or victims. Ah, he did not murder a drunken Indian in the park in Cedar City. He did not murder a woman who, ah, had spent her li[f]e drinking alcohol and puking and walking the streets and shoplifting at Wal-Mart. He murdered someone that these people look up to. He murdered a superstar in the Piute community and much like Mr. Hoosava that worked hard to get his bachelor's degree and two-year substance degree and return to the people, she returned to her people. And the law, not emotion, the law allows for you to take into account who the victim was, and Claudia Benn was a great person in our community and a great person in the Piute community.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Honie · State v. Maestas

3. “contain the contentions and reasons of the appellant with respect to the issues presented ... with citations to the authorities, statutes, and parts of the record relied on.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Honie · Broderick v. Apartment Management Consultants, L.L.C.