State v. Coverstone’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The court may not sentence a defendant to pay costs under this section unless the defendant is or may be able to pay them.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Or. App. 110 - State v. Harris · 294 Or. App. 778 - State v. Lingar

2. “the gravity of the error; the ends of justice in the particular case; how the error came to the court's attention; and whether the policies behind the general rule requiring preservation of error have been served in the case in another way.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 296 Or. App. 150 - State v. Eubanks · 290 Or. App. 468 - State v. Moreno-Hernandez

3. “A court cannot impose fees based on pure speculation that a defendant has funds to pay the fees or may acquire them in the future.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Or. App. 23 - State v. Crider · 295 Or. App. 524 - State v. Lyness