State v. Horton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he burden of proof on the state at a probation violation hearing is much lower than that which exists in a criminal trial-the state need only show that reasonably satisfactory evidence supports a finding that the defendant has violated his or her probation.”

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

2. “the assessment of the credibility of witnesses made by a judicial officer who has had the opportunity to listen to live testimony and to observe demeanor.”

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

3. “whether the hearing justice acted arbitrarily or capriciously in assessing the credibility of the witnesses or in finding such a violation.”

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