Guerrero v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen reviewing the denial of postconviction relief, this Court affords great deference to the hearing justice's findings of fact and will not disturb his or her ruling absent clear error or a showing that the [hearing] justice overlooked or misconceived material evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Frederick Gibson Frederick Gibson v. State of Rhode Island · Angel Navarro v. State of Rhode Island

2. “We will, however, 'review de novo any post[ ]conviction[-]relief decision involving questions of fact or mixed questions of law and fact pertaining to an alleged violation of an applicant's constitutional rights.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Angel Navarro v. State of Rhode Island

3. “That said, although the general rule is that 'a plea of [nolo contendere] waives all nonjurisdictional defects, * * * [it] does not bar appeal of claims that the applicable statute is unconstitutional * * *.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Frederick Gibson Frederick Gibson v. State of Rhode Island