State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
2
states following
January 1999
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. DeMichel · United States v. Joe M. Mendoza · People v. Webb · State v. Risher · State v. Bates
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f a person is convicted of any class 6 felony not involving the intentional or knowing infliction of serious physical injury or the use of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument and if the court, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the crime and to the history and character of the defendant, is of the opinion that it would be unduly harsh to sentence the defendant for a felony, the court may enter judgment of conviction for a class 1 misdemeanor and make disposition accordingly.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sweet · State v. McInelly
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.