State v. Canfield’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Hill v. United States · Green v. United States · United States v. Barnes · State v. McDonald
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is the right of a criminal defendant to make a personal argument or statement to the court before the pronouncement of sentence. It is the defendant’s opportunity to plead for mercy and present any information in mitigation of sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ellison“Unlike at a sentencing hearing, law enforcement representatives and victims are neither present nor invited to speak at a SSOSA revocation hearing. Compare RCW 9.94A.670(4) with RCW 9.94A.670(10).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ramirez“some indication of his wish to plead for mercy”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hatchie
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.