State v. DeWitt’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
August 2024
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · State v. Brister
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] [PFO] designation is not itself a separate crime carrying a separate sentence, but is a procedural sentence enhancement required by statute. See §§ 46-18-501 and -502, MCA. There is not, therefore, a separate sentence for the felony and a separate sentence for the persistent felony offender charge, but only one sentence pursuant to § 46-18-502, MCA.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Johnson · State v. Thomas
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