State v. L. Akers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

89 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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A mere assertion that constitutional rights are implicated or that failure to review the claimed error may result in a manifest miscarriage of justice is insufficient to implicate the plain error doctrine.”

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

2. “[I]f a defendant fails to properly preserve his or her issue for ** appeal, we apply the plain error standard of review and the defendant has the burden of proof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Hatfield