State v. Tulley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, and (2) establish minimal guidelines that sufficiently instruct law enforcement so as to avoid arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Pence · 2018 UT App 222 - State v. Hunt

2. “This is because a [person] who engages in some conduct that is clearly proscribed by statute cannot complain of the vagueness of the law as applied to the conduct of others.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Pence · 2018 UT App 222 - State v. Hunt

3. “Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. , 455 U.S. 489 , 494-95, 102 S.Ct. 1186 , 71 L.Ed.2d 362 (1982).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Pence · 2018 UT App 222 - State v. Hunt