8 Or. App. 263 - State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is unclear ... whether the court was committing the defendant because he felt she was dangerous to herself or others, or merely because he felt she was in need of prolonged treatment... . For this reason we remand... .”

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

2. “Dangerousness is the sole ground for commitment under ORS 136.730.... A commitment merely because the defendant’s mental condition was such that institutionalization was desirable could not be made under the statute.”

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