Doe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 21 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) 'has not been convicted of any subsequent offense requiring registration'; (2) 'has successfully completed any period of supervised release, probation, or parole'; (3) 'has successfully completed an appropriate sex offender treatment program'; and (4) 'has demonstrated that he or she is no longer a danger to the public and no longer poses a risk sufficient to justify continued registration.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. John Doe v. Department of Public Safety · Edward White v. State of New Hampshire

2. “The fact that [Alaska's sex offender registration statute ] uses past crime as the touchstone, probably sweeping in a significant number of people who pose no real threat to the community, serves to feed suspicion that something more than regulation of safety is going on ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Millard v. Rankin · The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, IN the INTEREST OF T.B., Respondent/Cross-Petitioner

3. “When a restriction is imposed equally upon all offenders, with no consideration given to how dangerous any particular registrant may be to public safety, that restriction begins to look far more like retribution for past offenses than a regulation intended to prevent future ones.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, IN the INTEREST OF T.B., Respondent/Cross-Petitioner