Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “must be reasonably related to rehabilitation, to the criminal conduct for which the probationer was convicted, and to the deterrence condition of future. criminal conduct.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Heather A. Harada v. State · Kasey J. Perkins v. The State of Wyoming

2. “In addition to any other punishment prescribed by law the court shall, upon conviction for any misdemeanor or felony, order a defendant to pay restitution to each victim as determined under W.S. 7-9-103 and 7-9-114 unless the court specifically finds that the defendant has no ability to pay and that no reasonable probability exists that the defendant will have an ability to pay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Whitten v. State

3. “[I]n cases where the unlawful possession, consumption or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance was an element or contributing factor in the underlying crime, ... reasonable grounds exist to include as a probationary condition random searches of the defendant, his residence, and his vehicle for the presence of the offending substance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. McAuliffe