State v. Passons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “does not prescribe a new offense but provides only for the imposition of additional punishment upon conviction of an underlying offense where a firearm or other deadly weapon was involved”

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

2. “Whether this rule is implicated generally raises a question of law, for which this Court exercises free review.”

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