State v. Shepard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"When * * * an inquiry as to whether defendant [has] violated his probation turns on a determination of credibility, and after considering all the evidence, the hearing justice accepts one version of events for plausible reasons stated and rationally rejects another version, this Court can safely conclude that the hearing justice did not act unreasonably or arbitrarily in finding that a probation violation has occurred." Shepard, 33 A.3d at 164 (internal quotation marks omitted); see also State v. Ferrara, 883 A.2d 1140, 1144 (R.I.2005).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sharif K. Fairweather · State v. Washington

2. “with respect to the reliability of the identification of defendant as the perpetrator of the March 18 incident. He specifically avers that the hearing justice's reliance upon Ms. Banner's eyewitness identification was misplaced and that, therefore, the hearing justice erred in adjudicating him to be a probation violator. II Standard of Review The only issue for a hearing justice to consider at a probation violation hearing is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Washington

3. “Every person who shall make an assault with intent to commit murder, robbery, sexual assault, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crime against nature, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than one year.” .Rule 32(f) of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure reads as follows:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Washington