State v. Cuevas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “" The defendant who's before you for sentencing on four different felonies at the same time-three of those are not to me prior convictions. They're present convictions . * * * So you wouldn't count them as part of prior criminal history, no matter what rule you use for figuring prior criminal history."”

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

2. “(2) An offender's criminal history is based upon the number of adult felony and Class A misdemeanor convictions and juvenile adjudications in the offender's criminal history at the time the current crime or crimes of conviction are sentenced .”

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

3. “the rule in Apprendi provides a means for determining the elements of an individual offense that a jury must decide beyond a reasonable doubt,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 290 Or. App. 296 - State v. Frinell