State v. Jent’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'to victims defined in terms of the offense for which the defendant was convicted or to losses arising directly from the defendant's criminal conduct.' " State v. Jent , 2013 MT 93 , ¶ 12, 369 Mont. 468 , 299 P.3d 332 (quoting State v. LaTray , 2000 MT 262 , ¶ 12, 302 Mont. 11 , 11 P.3d 116 ). A "causal relation between the offender's criminal conduct and the pecuniary loss is the touchstone for determining whether a person or entity is a victim entitled to restitution.”

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

2. “is evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion; it consists of more than a mere scintilla of evidence, but may be somewhat less than a preponderance.”

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

3. “it is not supported by substantial evidence, the court has misapprehended the effect of the evidence, or our review of the record convinces us that a mistake has been committed.”

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