State v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under Utah law, a magistrate is 'free to decline bindover where the facts presented by the prosecution provide no more than a basis for speculation-as opposed to providing a basis for a reasonable belief”

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

2. “parallels the standard for an arrest warrant, meaning that the level of evidence that the prosecution must show is less than that required to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2015 UT App 22 - State v. Arghittu

3. “At a preliminary hearing, '[tlhe magistrate should view the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution and resolve all inferences in favor of the prosecution.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2015 UT App 22 - State v. Arghittu