State v. Ramos’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

62 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'diminished culpability and heightened capacity for change.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 190 Wash. 2d 586 - State v. Scott · State v. Bassett

2. “any juvenile homicide offender who might be sentenced to die in prison without a meaningful opportunity to gain early release based on demonstrated rehabilitation”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gulley · Donnell Wilson v. State of Indiana

3. “It is undisputed that Ramos' 85-year aggregate sentence is a de facto life sentence, so the question of precisely how long a potential sentence must be in order to trigger Miller's requirements is not before us. We reserve ruling on that question until we have a case in which it is squarely presented.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Delbosque