State v. Belen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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. “(1) the error is one of law; (2) the error is apparent, that is, the legal point is obvious, not reasonably in dispute; and (3) the error appears on the face of the record, in that we need not go outside the record or choose between competing inferences to find it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 290 Or. App. 805 - State v. Loving

2. “The court may not require a person to pay costs under this section unless the person is or may be able to pay the costs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 Or. App. 31 - State v. Orozoco-Navarro