State v. Tucker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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. “If it appears by a preponderance of the information, including information submitted during the trial, during the sentencing hearing, and in so much of the presentence report as the court relies on, that none of the exceptions at issue apply, the court shall impose the appropriate mandatory sentence. The court shall state the reasons for its decision in writing and shall include an identification of the facts relied upon in making its determination. The statement shall be included in the judgment.”

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

2. “We refuse to remand for resentencing when a defendant failed to bring the allegations of sentencing errors to the district court's attention in a timely fashion.”

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

3. “the offender ... was acting under unusual and substantial duress”

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