Mayer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

91 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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the court determines that a defendant has financial resources that enable him to offset in part or in whole the costs of the legal services provided, including any expenses and costs, the court shall order the defendant to pay during the pendency of the charges or, if convicted, as court costs the amount that it finds the defendant is able to pay.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Larry Dieken v. State · Denetra Marie Harris v. State

2. “[w]hen claims of insufficient evidence are made, the cases are not usually remanded to permit supplementation of the record to make up for alleged deficiencies in the record evidence. Sufficiency of the evidence is measured by viewing all of the record evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Roberts v. State

3. “not challenge the propriety of assessing attorney's fees, but a r gue[d] . . . that a challenge to the factual basis of a restitution order . . . is a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence regarding that order.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore, Jammie Lee