State v. Radke’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Substantive due process forbids a government from exercising 'power without any reasonable justification in the service of a legitimate governmental objective.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Luedtke · State v. Smith

2. “For more than a century, Wisconsin laws have authorized courts to enhance the sentences of repeat offenders. By 1993 Act 289, the legislature enacted the "three strikes" law, creating a new subcategory of repeat offenders known as "persistent repeaters." The legislature added to this new persistent repeater subcategory of repeat offenders by 1997 Act 326, the "two strikes" law. Included in this second group of persistent repeaters are defendants who have been convicted of one offense that the legislature has designated as a "serious child sex offense" and who are being sentenced for a second such offense.... Persistent repeaters under the "two strikes" law face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lewis · 2003 WI App 179 - State v. Wield

3. “bars certain arbitrary, wrongful government actions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 383 Wis. 2d 1 - Ascaris Mayo v. Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund · State v. Luedtke