Edmonds v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “For [a] defendant to be convicted of [a] crime ..., one of three things had to happen: either (1) the defendant exercised their right to trial by jury, and the jury found the defendant guilty; or (2) the defendant was offered a jury trial but waived it, choosing instead to be tried by a judge, and the judge found the defendant guilty; or (3) the defendant was offered a jury trial but waived trial altogether, choosing instead to enter a plea of guilty or no contest. Regardless of how the defendant was found guilty, the defendant’s right to jury trial and the defendant’s right to proof beyond a reasonable doubt were both honored — and thus Blakely is satisfied.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lockuk v. State · Grohs v. State

2. “the Alaska Constitution guarantees [no] broader right to jury trial with respect to sentencing factors than the right to jury trial recognized in Blakely.”

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