State v. Harrell / Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Judicial discretion should * * * be exercised according to fixed legal principles in order to promote substantial justice. * * * In short, judicial discretion is always bounded by a simple framework: It must be lawfully exercised to reach a decision that falls within a permissible range of legally correct outcomes."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Or. App. 188 - State v. Walker · 298 Or. App. 227 - State v. Ames

2. “'The best evidence of the voters' intent is the text and context of the provision itself[.]'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 330 - Linn Cnty. v. Brown · AAA Oregon/Idaho Auto Source, LLC v. State

3. “"[I]t is well-established that trial courts generally possess broad discretion to ensure that the proceedings before them are orderly and expeditious. [ State v. ] Rogers , 330 Or. [282, 301, 4 P.3d 1261 (2000) ]. See also ORS 1.010(3) (every court of justice has power to provide for orderly conduct of proceedings before it). And it goes without saying that, when defendants seek to waive jury trials in favor of bench trials, such a procedural change ordinarily results in a saving-often substantial-of time and money. Trial courts can realize those potential savings by consenting to a defendant's waiver of trial by jury."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 227 - State v. Ames