State v. Beck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 48 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Permissible Discipline. The use or attempted use of force upon a child is not unlawful if committed by a parent or the authorized agent of a parent in the exercise of a lawful authority to restrain or correct the child if the force has been rendered necessary by the misconduct of the child, or by the child’s refusal to obey the lawful command of the parent or the parent’s authorized agent, and the force used is reasonable in manner and moderate in degree.”

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

2. “To establish plain error, an appellant must show '(1) error, (2) that is plain, (3) affecting substantial rights; and only then may this Court exercise its discretion to notice the error if, (4) it seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.'”

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

3. “Not every error that occurs during trial constitutes plain error; therefore[,] the plain error analysis 'must be applied cautiously and only in exceptional circumstances.'”

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