State v. Dustin Robertson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Defendant shall not knowingly have any contact, oral, written, electronic or through a third party, with the victim(s) unless such contact is voluntarily initiated by the victim(s) through the Department of Corrections. DOC staff may notify victims about the availability of opportunities for facilitated contact with their offenders without being considered "third parties."”

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

2. “[A] claim that a statute authorizing a sentence is unconstitutional on its face may be raised for the first time on appeal, but the exception does not apply to as-applied constitutional challenges.”

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

3. “overly broad or unduly punitive, or if the required nexus is absent or exceedingly tenuous.”

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