State v. DeJesus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the culpability of the State in the loss or destruction of the evidence and (2) the prejudice to the defendant as a result of the missing evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 71 - State v. Steele

2. “[C]ourts will not pass upon a constitutional question ... if there is also present some other ground upon which the case may be disposed of.”

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

3. “what constitutes a reasonable probability for purposes of a defendant's due process right to exculpatory evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 71 - State v. Steele