Sauve v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ordinarily, an officer’s return which is valid on its face carries a presumption of the truth of the facts stated on the return and of regularity. A defendant may rebut this presumption, but his testimony alone is insufficient; instead, he must offer other corroborating facts and circumstances to rebut the presumption.”

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

2. “Although a juvenile may not waive service of process, he may waive the right to complain of whether a formal order need be entered by the juvenile judge finding the service suitable and directing service, both of which matters go to form rather than substance.”

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

3. “(c) Service of the summons may be made by any suitable person under the direction of the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In re D.B.C.