State v. Vigil’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Therefore, while the trial court is primarily concerned with the proper resolution of factual issues under the controlling law, the appellate court addresses itself to the clarity and correctness of the developing law in order to provide unambiguous direction to those whose further rights and responsibilities are affected.”

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

2. “a catalogue of `findings' that suggests coercion on the part of police officers followed by a factual finding of voluntary consent [that] would be anomalous, leaving the appellate court to somehow weigh or prioritize the inconsistent `findings.'”

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

3. “[a]ppellate review of legal conclusions and `ultimate facts' under a correction of error standard promotes the consistent application of legal principles.”

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