Winward v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An issue is preserved for appeal when it has been presented to the district court in such a way that the court has an opportunity to rule on [it].”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McCloud v. State · Oseguera v. State

2. “whether the [Post-Conviction Remedies Act] and [rlule 65C now wholly accommodate the full measure of our constitutional authority or whether the Utah Constitution requires that we be able to consider, in some cases, the merits of claims otherwise barred by the [Post-Conviction Remedies Act]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Mardoniz-Rosado · 2015 UT App 118 - State v. Taufui

3. “In determining whether the district court had an opportunity to rule on an issue, a court considers three factors: (1) whether the issue was raised in a timely fashion, (2) whether the issue was specifically raised, and (8) whether supporting evidence or relevant authority was introduced.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oseguera v. State · State v. Chettero