State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
1
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Craig v. Harney · State v. Roth · State v. Hodge · State v. Jarbath · State v. O'DONNELL
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n appellate court may not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court shall deal with a person who has been convicted of a crime of the first or second degree by imposing a sentence of imprisonment, unless, having regard to the character and condition of the defendant, it is of the opinion that his imprisonment will be a serious injustice which overrides the need to deter such conduct by others. [N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(d).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Soricelli“outweighed the aggravating factors and that the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.