State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
October 1995
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Toohill · State v. Lopez · State v. Arambula · State v. Sutton · State v. Rundle
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] term of confinement is reasonable to the extent it appears necessary, at the time of sentencing, to accomplish the primary objective of protecting society and to achieve any or all of the related goals of deterrence, rehabilitation or retribution applicable to a given case.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ybarra · State v. Sands
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.