State v. Westerman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “any natural person against whom the charged crime or conduct is alleged to have been perpetrated or attempted by the defendant or minor personally or as a party to the offense or conduct, or, in the discretion of the court, against whom a related crime or act is alleged to have been perpetrated or attempted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Stirba · 1999 UT App 343 - State v. Dominguez

2. “[w]hen a person is convicted of criminal activity that has resulted in pecuniary damages, in addition to any other sentence it may impose, the court shall order that the defendant make restitution to the victims ..., or for conduct for which the defendant has agreed to make restitution as part of a plea agreement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2002 UT App 342 - State v. Bickley

3. “We begin our analysis by examining the plain language of the applicable statutes and apply other methods of statutory interpretation only when the language is either ambiguous or inconsistent.”

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