People v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he entity deciding whether to require repayment must take cognizance of the individual's resources, the other demands on his own and family's finances, and the hardships he or his family will endure if repayment is required. The purpose of this inquiry is to assure repayment is not required as long as he remains indigent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Charles Raymond Albright

2. “whether the defendant remains indigent and whether repayment would cause manifest hardship”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Henry