Presnell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is within the sound discretion of the court whether to grant a motion to set aside bond forfeiture.... The court’s discretion is limited to the facts, circumstances and merits of the reason offered for defendant's failure to appear.... The exercise of discretion is “triggered” only by evidence sufficient to justify defendant’s failure to appear.”

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

2. “This statute has been amended several times over the years, but none of the changes has altered defendant’s duty to appear at appointed times or the statutory requirement of showing good cause to excuse failure of appearance.”

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