State v. Broadhead’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
174 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 174 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably State v. Brown (1992), State v. Burnight (1999)
174 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Solem v. Helm · Robinson v. State of California · 34 Cal. 3d 441 - People v. Dillon · Thompson v. Oklahoma · State v. Toohill
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 174 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. A sentence of confinement longer than necessary for these purposes is unreasonable. Such determinations cannot be made with precision. In deference to the discretionary authority vested in Idaho’s trial courts, we will not substitute our view for that of a sentencing judge where reasonable minds might differ. An appellant must show that, under any reasonable view of the facts, his sentence was excessive in light of the foregoing criteria.”
34 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Harris · State v. Herrera“show that in light of the governing criteria, [his] sentence was excessive under any reasonable view of the facts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Pratt · State v. Windom“In reviewing the reasonableness of a sentence, we are exercising our authority as an appellate court to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.