State v. Augafa’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “factual determinations made by the trial court deciding pretrial motions in a criminal case is governed by the clearly erroneous standard. A finding of fact is clearly erroneous when (1) the record lacks substantial evidence to support the finding, or (2) despite substantial evidence in support of the finding, the appellate court is nonetheless left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made. The circuit court’s conclusions of law are reviewed under the right/wrong standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Edwards

2. “`to preclude a commingling of ... essentially different powers of government in the same hands' and thereby prevent a situation where one department is `controlled by, or subjected, directly or indirectly, to the coercive influence of either of the other departments'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. SCI Management Corp. v. Sims

3. “action is not `reasonabl[ly] necessary to effectuate [the court's] judicial power[,]'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. SCI Management Corp. v. Sims