State v. Arredondo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “well-recognized distinction between the fact-finder's function at the guilt stage, where the fact-finder must determine whether the government has proved a defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and the sentencing judge's role, which is to assess the defendant's character using all available information, unconstrained by the rules of evidence that govern the guilt-phase of a criminal proceeding.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 386 Wis. 2d 351 - State v. Martinson · State v. Straszkowski

2. “A trial court must consider 'whether the likely value of the defendant's testimony outweighs the potential for disruption or prejudice in the proceedings, and if so whether the defendant has a reasonable excuse for failing to present the testimony during his case-in-chief.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2009 WI App 48 - State v. Winters

3. “A trial court's ruling on whether a waiver was knowing and voluntary presents mixed questions of fact and law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 334 Wis. 2d 211 - State v. Pirtle