State v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e do not preclude courts from abating financial penalties still owed to the county or State, as opposed to restitution owed to victims, where the death of a defendant pending an appeal creates a risk of unfairly burdening the defendant’s heirs. We also do not preclude courts from deciding a criminal appeal on the merits after the appellant has died, if doing so is warranted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Devlin

2. “If the substituted party appellant is successful . . . then, because remand for a retrial is impossible, the conviction and all associated financial obligations must be abated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hollister

3. “ha[d] been presented with no authority holding that a deceased defendant's right to appeal mandates abatement of all convictions or all monetary obligations imposed”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Reed