State v. Valiani’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Upon application made within the time provided by the rules of court, an appeal in a criminal matter may be allowed to a defendant from the circuit court to the supreme court from a decision denying a motion to dismiss or from other interlocutory orders, decisions or judgments, whenever the judge in his discretion may think the same advisable for a more speedy termination of the case. The refusal of the judge to allow an interlocutory appeal to the supreme court shall not be reviewable by any other court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Nilsawit.

2. “HRS § 641-12 (Supp.1975) relates to criminal appeals by defendants from the district courts. It explicitly provides that: ‘Appeals upon the record shall be allowed from all final decisions and final judgments of district courts in all criminal matters.’ Thus, with respect to appeals by defendants in criminal cases from the district courts, HRS § 641-12 (Supp.1975) confines our jurisdiction to appeals from ‘final decisions and final judgments’ of the district courts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kilborn