Precedent Watchlist
Defense precedent isn't static. Some opinions get cited more every quarter. Others quietly fall out of rotation. Most defendants never see the trajectory — they just see whatever the brief template was last refreshed with.
Which Precedents Are Gaining And Fading For Your Charge
Top 10 rising and top 5 fading criminal-defense precedents for your charge type, 24-month velocity arrows on every row, every row linked to CourtListener — plus 4 weekly email updates over the next 30 days.
Citation velocity reflects which precedents are gaining or fading. Use it as a starting point for research, not a verdict.
$47
Generated instantly — followed by 4 weekly email updates over 30 days.
Verified public sources: CourtListener appellate authorities × 24-month citation-velocity tracking × quarterly REPLACE-mode derivation
What You Get
- Top 10 fastest-rising criminal-defense precedents for your charge type — case name, citation, authority tier, citation-velocity arrow, and CourtListener URL
- Top 5 fastest-fading precedents for your charge — what defense filings used to lean on but increasingly don't
- 24-month rolling citation-velocity window — same delta the derivation pipeline computes quarterly across 1.13M citation rows
- Every row links to the CourtListener opinion you can verify yourself — no row ships without a source URL
- 30-day email drip: 4 weekly updates surfacing the latest velocity-rank shifts for your charge
- When the charge type has zero rising rows, the report falls back to the national criminal rising-precedent pool with the fallback called out clearly
- Citation velocity reflects which precedents are gaining or fading. Use it as a starting point for research, not a verdict.
The 30-Day Email Drip
Citation velocity moves quarterly. A single snapshot tells you where the lists stand the day you buy. The drip tells you when the lists shift while your case is still active.
- Day 0: instant report with the current top 10 rising and top 5 fading precedents for your charge type.
- Days 7, 14, 21, 28: up to 4 weekly emails surfacing rank shifts — new entrants into the top 10, drops out of the list, fading-tier additions.
- Drip seed: set at purchase from the charge type you select. No further intake required. Unsubscribe at any time.
Sample Watchlist Inventory
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Citation-velocity rows tracked | 1,131,000+ rows | citation_velocity_criminal |
| Rolling window per row | 24 months | VELOCITY_WINDOW_MONTHS |
| Rising-precedent rows surfaced per pack | Top 10 | rising_flag = true |
| Fading-precedent rows surfaced per pack | Top 5 | velocity_tier = fading |
| Email cadence after purchase | 4 weekly updates over 30 days | /api/cron/precedent-watchlist-emails |
Inventory shown to illustrate corpus shape. Your watchlist contains the top 10 rising and top 5 fading precedents scoped to the charge slug you select, each with citation, velocity arrow, and a CourtListener URL.
Why You Can Trust This Data
Velocity arrows reflect a 24-month rolling window over the citation_velocity_criminal corpus — the same derivation the quarterly REPLACE-mode pipeline computes. Rows without a CourtListener source URL are suppressed rather than rendered.
Rising and fading rows are scoped to the internal charge slugs bridged from your selected user-facing charge. When the bridge returns zero rising rows, the report falls back to the national criminal rising-precedent pool and the fallback is called out on every section. The Availability Checker on this page discloses the fallback before purchase when it applies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Three sections built from the citation-velocity corpus: (1) the top 10 fastest-rising criminal-defense precedents for your charge type — case name, citation, authority tier, velocity arrow, and CourtListener URL; (2) the top 5 fastest-fading precedents — what defense filings used to cite but increasingly don't; (3) methodology and a UPL disclaimer. Every row links to CourtListener.
After purchase you receive up to 4 weekly emails over 30 days. Each email surfaces the latest rank shifts in the rising and fading lists for your charge type — when a precedent climbs into the top 10 or drops out, you see it. The drip seed is set at purchase from the chargeType you selected; no further intake required. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Indexed criminal court records aggregated into citation_velocity_criminal (1.13M velocity rows, 24-month rolling window, computed quarterly by the derivation pipeline). Rising-precedent rows are flagged when the velocity slope crosses the rising threshold; fading rows when the velocity tier drops to fading. Every cited case carries a CourtListener URL.
No. This is legal INFORMATION — aggregate citation-velocity deltas across public criminal-defense opinions. Citation velocity reflects which precedents are gaining or fading. Use it as a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Before checkout you will see how many rising and fading precedents back your charge type. When the charge-specific rising count is zero, the report falls back to the national criminal rising-precedent pool with the fallback called out on every section. The Availability Checker discloses the fallback before purchase so you can decide whether to buy or waitlist.
The Precedent Watchlist tracks which precedents are GAINING or FADING citation weight for your charge over the last 24 months — a directional signal. The Charge Authority Pack ($97) gives you the current top 10 must-cite authorities with pre-extracted canonical quotes — a snapshot. Watchlist also includes the 30-day email drip; the Pack is single-delivery.
Get the Precedent Watchlist — $47
Most defendants find out their go-to precedent has been quietly losing weight only when the prosecutor cites a newer, sharper case in the same line. Defendants who prepare watch the velocity month over month and adjust before the courtroom does. Yours in 60 seconds, plus 4 weekly updates over the next 30 days.
This is legal information, not legal advice. The watchlist reproduces verifiable citations and aggregate citation-velocity deltas from public criminal-defense opinions. Decisions about how to use the information stay with you.
Questions before you buy? help@imnotanattorney.com — a defendant-side researcher replies, not a bot.