State v. Due’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. “the purpose of bail and the civil nature of the proceedings and the burden of proof as well as the cause, purpose, and length of defendant’s absence; the good faith of the surety as measured by the fault or wilfulness of the defendant; the good faith efforts of the surety — if any— to apprehend and produce the defendant; and the prejudice — by way of delay or otherwise — to the state, in its administration of justice.”

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

2. “By accepting a premium and agreeing to act as surety, [the bonding company] undertook to ensure [the defendant] would personally appear to answer the charge against him. As such, [the bonding company] cannot absolve itself of blame when it did not monitor [the defendant’s] appearances and thus failed to timely learn of his nonappearance.”

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

3. “forgive or reduce the [forfeiture of the bond if the defendant fails to appear] according to the circumstances of the case and the situation of the party on any terms and conditions it considers just and reasonable.”

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