Hull v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As a prerequisite to presenting a complaint for appellate review, the record must show that the complaint was made to the trial court by a timely request, objection, or motion that stated the grounds for the ruling that the complaining party sought from the trial court with sufficient specificity to make the trial court aware of the complaint...”

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

2. “record reflects that appellant understood the 'zero tolerance’ policy to be overriding and controlling.... Appellant was fully aware of the court’s policy toward his probation and did not object.” Id. at 218 . In the present case, the record shows that applicant was aware that the trial judge had”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Ex Parte Brown