State v. Robbins’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. “-not simply that the defendant failed to attend one meeting with a probation officer or could not be located for a brief period of time, but that the defendant sought to”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Legendre v. State · State v. Dooley

2. “'The words used to define 'abscond' all refer to some kind of conduct that a person engages in with a particular intent—'depart secretly,' 'withdraw . . . oneself,' 'hide oneself,' 'evade,' 'avoid.' For a person to 'abscond,' then, it is not sufficient that the person simply engage in some course of action (or inaction); the person must do so with the 7 conscious intent to hide from or otherwise evade legal process.' (Emphasis added.) Robbins, 345 Or. at 33 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dooley · State v. Dooley

3. “1 : WITHDRAW, FLEE ... 2 : to depart secretly : withdraw and hide oneself ... specif : to evade the legal process of a court by hiding within or secretly leaving its jurisdiction ... archaic : CONCEAL.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Legendre v. State · State v. Dooley