397 N.J. Super. 598 - State v. Read’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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. “(1) the nature of the offense; (2) deterrence; (3) the effect on co-defendants of waiver to adult court; (4) the maximum sentences that could be imposed under the juvenile or criminal codes and the amount of time likely to be served; (5) the juvenile's prior record; (6) trial considerations—that is, the likelihood of conviction and potential need for grand jury investigation; and (7) victim input. [ Id. at 605, 938 A. 2d 953 (citing Attorney General's Juvenile Waiver Guidelines (March 14, 2000)).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 420 N.J. Super. 302 - State Ex Rel. Va

2. “[i]t would be inconsistent with th[e] legislative objective of uniform statewide application for an individual prosecutor to apply factors that are not set forth in the Attorney General's Guidelines in determining whether to waive a juvenile complaint to adult court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 420 N.J. Super. 302 - State Ex Rel. Va

3. “we see no basis for characterizing defendant's role as only secondary .... [and no] evidence of the kind of psychological impairment that would be relevant to this determination”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 408 N.J. Super. 313 - State v. Lake