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← 2007 ND 121 - Rahn v. State

Rahn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2007

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
November 2025
most recently cited

11 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on State v. DuPaul · State v. Gunwall · State v. Johnson · Ennis v. Dasovick · State v. Gwyther

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

  1. “A motion for reduction of a sentence under N.D.R.Crim.P. 35(b) is not a matter of right, but is an application for leniency which is left within the sound discretion of the trial court.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Accordingly, an order denying a motion for reduction of sentence under N.D.R.Crim.P. 35(b) does not affect a substantial right and is not appealable.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.