274 Or. App. 114 - State v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"had reason to expect that the discretion undergirding a trial court's consent-or lack thereof-to [a defendant's request to waive a jury trial] for the most part would be informed by inquiries that corresponded to the amendment's overarching purpose: Will the resulting proceedings be faster? Will they be more economical? Will they fully protect the rights of the individual accused of a crime? As a general rule, affirmative answers to those questions logically would lead to the conclusion that a criminal defendant's jury waiver should be granted."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 227 - State v. Ames

2. “"any accused person, in other than capital cases, and with the consent of the trial judge, may elect to waive trial by jury and consent to be tried by the judge of the court alone, such election to be in writing[.]"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 227 - State v. Ames

3. “In part, the consent requirement is to protect the defendant by assuring that waiver is voluntary and understandingly made with knowledge by the party of his or her rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 227 - State v. Ames