State v. Hokanson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appellant argues that the instruction given was plainly erroneous because it did not clearly state that at least two separate incidents of child abuse that make up the past pattern of child abuse must be proven by the State beyond a reasonable doubt.... When viewed as a whole, we conclude that the district court’s jury instructions fairly and correctly state the applicable law. Nothing in the instructions suggest that a lesser standard of proof is applied to the requirement that the State prove more than one prior act of abuse for there to be a past pattern of child abuse. Instead, the court’s instructions repeatedly and consistently informed the jury that the State’s burden of proof was “beyond a reasonable doubt.””

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

2. “is defined as representation by an attorney exercising the customary skills and diligence that a reasonably competent attorney would perform under similar circumstances.”

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

3. “strong presumption that counsel's performance was reasonable and this court does not review matters of trial strategy or the particular tactics used by counsel.”

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