2016 UT App 79 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “essentially argues that because the court-ordered restitution amount was not lower than the complete restitution amount, the [sentencing] court must have failed to consider the required factors and, therefore, it abused its discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 120 - State v. Randall

2. “Additionally, in the case of restitution, a reviewing court will not disturb a [sentencing] court's determination unless the court exceeds the authority prescribed by law or abuses its discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 120 - State v. Randall

3. “a restitution order will be overturned for abuse of discretion only if no reasonable person would take the view adopted by the [sentencing] court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 120 - State v. Randall