State v. Peters’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “because this prosecution for fifth offense OAR is predicated in part on a prior OAR conviction that was obtained when [the defendant] was not represented by counsel, we conclude that it falls within the right-to-counsel exception to the general rule against collateral attacks on prior convictions used to enhance subsequent penalties .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 844 - Vitale v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “that a defendant generally may not collaterally attack the validity of a prior conviction during an enhanced sentence proceeding predicated on the prior conviction unless the offender alleges a violation of his constitutional right to counsel”

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

3. “the Supreme Court's concerns about ease of administration and finality of judgments weighed in favor of a bright-line rule against collateral attacks, with the limited exception of right-to-counsel violations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oneida County Department of Social Services v. Nicole W.