State v. Hancock’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “During the September 14, 2015, hearing Defendant restated the contents of his Affidavit and the State had the opportunity to cross-examine Defendant regarding his Affidavit’s contents. Based on the contents of Defendant’s Affidavit and his own testimony during the hearing, this Court has determined that Defendant has not met his burden to overcome the “presumption of regula[rity] by producing affirmative evidence and persuading the Court, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the prior convictions are constitutionally infirm.””

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