147 Wis. 2d 225 - State v. Rush’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Highly relevant—if not essential—to [the] selection of an appropriate sentence is the possession of the fullest information possible concerning the defendant's life and characteristics.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 Wis. 2d 577 - State v. Guzman

2. “The responsibility of the sentencing court is to acquire full knowledge of the character and behavior pattern of the convicted defendant before imposing sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 161 Wis. 2d 80 - State v. Guzman

3. “Applying the exclusionary rule to sentencing would also unduly restrict a trial court's access to a broad range of evidence in determining a proper sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 153 Wis. 2d 257 - State v. Amos