State v. Lafley’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
February 2007
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Lenihan · Tanner v. Dream Island, Inc. · State v. Ahmed · State v. Flack · State v. Nelson
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a sentence is not illegal when it is within the parameters provided by statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Garrymore · Pena v. State“[i]n a direct appeal, the defendant is limited to those issues that were properly preserved in the district court and to allegations that the sentence is illegal or exceeds statutory mandates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Brown“`to a term of imprisonment in the state prison of not less than 2 years or more than 10 years,'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Garrymore
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.