State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

220 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 220 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the only sentence which a trial judge may impose is that provided for by statute.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mize · State v. Green

2. “[a] trial court cannot impose a prison term and a no-contact order for the same felony offense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Edwards · State v. Helton

3. “Probation was conditioned on good behavior. Violation of that probation was a breach of contract with the sentencing judge. For the breach, the judge could properly impose the suspended prison sentence—even for the most trivial violation of probation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Duncan