State v. Perea’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “19 Aleh next contends that the trial court erred by limiting his cross-examination of the escort's testimony under rules 412 and 608 of the Utah Rules of Evidence. "Even if the [trial] court did err, we will not reverse if that error was harmless.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2015 UT App 195 - State v. Aleh · 2016 UT App 9 - State v. Hawkins

2. “is a doctrine used when a single error may not constitute grounds for reversal, but many errors, when taken collectively, nonetheless undermine confidence in the fairness of a trial”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Martinez-Castellanos · 2016 UT App 151 - State v. Draper-Roberts

3. “[Aln issue is inadequately briefed when it merely contains bald citation[s] to authority [without] development of that authority and reasoned analysis based on that authority.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2016 UT App 15 - State v. Gibson · 2015 UT App 243 - State v. Cheek