State v. Rawlings’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that the trial court lacked the authority to extend [defendant’s] probation based on the absence of a proper motion before the court.” , 6 . Smith was decided under a prior version of the statute which provided that “[a]fter a hearing, the Court may increase or decrease the probation period and may revoke or modify any condition of probation.”

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

2. ““a defendant may waive his or her constitutional right to due process. However, ‘[ujnder the due process clause, [a defendant is] entitled to have [adequate notice] imparted to him [or her]; that he [or she] might make an intelligent and informed decision as to whether to waive his [or her] constitutional right to a ... hearing.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. Utah Board of Pardons

3. “[W]here notice is ambiguous or inadequate to inform a party of the nature of the proceedings against him [or her] or not given sufficiently in advance of the proceeding to permit preparation, a party is deprived of due process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Mw