State v. Waite’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘When a probation-violation inquiry turns on a determination of credibility, * * * and the hearing justice, after considering all the evidence, accepts one version of events for plausible reasons stated and rationally rejects another version, we can safely conclude that the hearing justice did not act unreasonably or arbitrarily in finding that a probation violation has occurred.’ ” Id.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Bouffard · State v. Sylvia

2. “Challenges to a trial justice's credibility determinations typically are unavailing in this Court because the assessment of witness credibility 'in a probation violation hearing is a function of the [trial] justice, not this Court.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Michael D'Amico

3. “'Keeping the peace and remaining on good behavior are conditions of probation,' and the sole purpose of a probation violation hearing is for the [hearing] justice to determine whether the conditions of probation have been violated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Michael D'Amico