Moon, Cameron’s Empirical Analysis

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28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the alleged offense was against person or property, with greater weight in favor of transfer given to offenses against the person; (2) the sophistication and maturity of the child; (3) the record and previous history of the child; and (4) the prospects of adequate protection of the public and the likelihood of the rehabilitation of the child by use of procedures, services, and facilities currently available to the juvenile court.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Navarro · John Gonzalez III v. State

2. “[I]n deciding whether the juvenile court erred to conclude that the seriousness of the offense alleged and/or the background of the juvenile called for criminal proceedings for the welfare of the community, the appellate court should simply ask, in light of its own analysis of the sufficiency of the evidence' to support the Section 54.02(f) factors and any other relevant evidence, whether the juvenile court acted without reference to guiding rules or principles. In other words, was its transfer decision essentially arbitrary, given the evidence upon which it was based, or did it represent a reasonably principled application of the legislative criteria?”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. John Gonzalez III v. State · In re A.M.

3. “(1) did the-[juvenile] court have sufficient information upon which to exercise its discretion; and . (2) did the [juvenile] court err in its application of discretion? A traditional sufficiency of the evidence review helps answer the first question, • and we look to whether the [juvenile] court acted without reference to any guiding rules or principles to answer the second.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Navarro · Isaac Nathaniel Rodriguez v. State