State v. Ruff’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1,467 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Missouri v. Hunter · United States v. Dixon · Albernaz v. United States · Iannelli v. United States
Cited together with Strickland v. Washington · State v. Thompkins · State v. Williams · State v. Rogers · State v. Jenks
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 1,467 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“multiple punishments for the same offense”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Woodard · State v. Bamonte“The Blockburger rule, also known as a same-elements test, focuses on the statutory elements of the offense and not the particular facts of the case or the proof offered to establish the crimes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Bridges“offenses do not merge unless they involve (1) the 'same conduct,' (2) a 'similar import,' and (3) a single 'animus.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Randle
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.