State v. Brister’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
82
cited by 82 later decisions
1
states following
February 2011
most recently cited
82 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Finley · State v. Lenihan · State v. Gallagher · State v. Harris · 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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the better rule [is] to allow an appellate court to review any sentence imposed in a criminal case, if it is alleged that such sentence is illegal or exceeds statutory mandates, even if no objection is made at the time of sentencing.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Bezanson · State v. Honey“Where the issue is whether a court followed statutory requirements applicable to revocation of a suspended sentence, however, the question raised is a matter of law, and our review is plenary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Knudson“[T]he law in effect at the time of the commission of the crime controls as to the possible sentence.”
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.