State v. Rudy B.’s Empirical Analysis

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4 district · 41 state decisions

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

1. “[T]he findings in the Apprendi line of cases uniformly occurred in the adult criminal context[.] ... The Supreme Court has traditionally given states wider latitude in adopting particular trial and sentencing procedures for juveniles — including whether to have a jury-trial at all.... Given that Ice expressly instructs us to consider principles of federalism and state sovereignty in determining whether to apply Apprendi , we find this distinction particularly significant.”

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

2. “[T]he fallibility and lack of precision inherent in the amenability determination render certainties virtually beyond reach in most situations.”

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

3. “some of the factors that the judge must weigh under Section 32A-2-20(C) are offense specific,”

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