State v. Calvert’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]ven if the admission of rule 404(b) evidence by the [district] court was in error, reversal on appeal is not appropriate unless [the defendant] demonstrates that the error materially affected the fairness or outcome of the trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hood · 2018 UT App 208 - State v. Bilek

2. “This presumption accounts for the widely varying circumstances faced by defense counsel and the range of legitimate decisions regarding how best to represent a criminal defendant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 219 - State v. Marquina · 2018 UT App 23 - State v. Farnworth

3. “counsel's failure to make a motion that would be futile if raised does not constitute deficient performance”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Torres · 2018 UT App 82 - State v. Norton