State v. Waterfield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The plain error standard of review requires an appellant to show the existence of a harmful error that should have been obvious to the district court.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Roman · State v. Ringstad

2. “is a question of law that we review for correctness.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sandridge · State v. Robinson

3. “.[Wlhen dissatisfaction is expressed, the court must make some reasonable, non- . suggestive efforts to determine the nature of the defendant's complaints and to apprise itself of the facts necessary to determine whether the defendant's relationship with his or her appointed attorney has deteriorated to the point that sound discretion requires substitution or even to such an extent that his or her Sixth Amendment right to counsel would be violated but for substitution,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2016 UT App 22 - State v. Abelon