State v. Iverson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Legislation lessening punishment may not be applied to final convictions because this would constitute an invalid exercise by the Legislature of the executive pardoning power.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cook · Garcia v. State

2. “A statute is employed retroactively when it is applied to a cause of action that arose prior to the effective date of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garcia v. State

3. “means either a verdict of guilty or a judgment and sentence of the trial court upon a verdict or plea of guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lavallie v. State