State v. Tedesco’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a person who has suffered physical or psychological injury or has incurred loss of or damage to personal or real property as a result of a crime or an incident involving another person operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and ... the spouse, parent, legal guardian, grandparent, child or sibling of the decedent in the case of a criminal homicide. [N.J. Const. art. I, ¶ 22.]”

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

2. “Sentence shall not be imposed unless the defendant is present or has filed a written waiver of the right to be present. Before imposing sentence the court shall address the defendant personally and ask the defendant if he or she wishes to make a statement in his or her own behalf and to present any information in mitigation of punishment. The defendant may answer personally or by his or her attorney.”

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

3. “[i]n our system of justice, we entrust trial judges with the responsibility to control courtroom proceedings at trial and sentencing.”

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