State v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Id . (quotation simplified). The defendant's counsel raised no objection to the prosecutor's statements, id. ¶ 21 n.6, and the court subsequently ordered that all of the defendant's sentences run consecutively, id. ¶ 11. The defendant appealed to this court, arguing that the prosecutor breached the plea agreement when he asked the court to impose the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 177 - State v. Samul

2. “[i]n determining whether state offenses are to run concurrently or consecutively, the court shall consider the gravity and circumstances of the offenses, the number of victims, and the history, character, and rehabilitative needs of the defendant”

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

3. “[w]hile defense counsel's inaction is certainly not dispositive, his silence suggests that he saw no error in the prosecutor's presentation worthy of correction and reinforces our conclusion that the alleged breach, if any, was not obvious.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 177 - State v. Samul