Webb v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “we look only to the language used by the legislature to describe the elements which must be proven to bring a particular defendant's specific conduct within the reach of the statute. We do not concern ourselves with how those elements are proven in that defendant's case-that is, we look to what the legislature says must be proven, not the facts or evidence used in a particular case to establish that ultimate fact.”

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

2. “blanket statement that he lost his liberty, home, relationship with his children, missed his daughter's wedding, suffered financial harm, was unable to adequately respond to divorce and child support proceedings, and suffered degradation and anxiety,”

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

3. “We weigh the delays caused by the State against those caused by the defendant, keeping in mind it is the State's burden to bring a defendant to trial in a timely manner and it must show that the delays were reasonable and necessary.”

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