State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the circumstances presented to Judge Reese [the third judge] required him to make the concurrent/consecutive determination at the probation revocation hearing in which he sought to impose and execute the previously suspended sentence.”

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

2. “when `reading the language of an act, ... we seek to render all parts [of the statute] relevant and meaningful, and we therefore presume the legislature use[d] each term advisedly and ... according to its ordinary meaning.'”

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

3. “Reading the statute as a whole, we conclude that section 76-3-401(1)(b) does not authorize a court to order a sentence concurrent or consecutive to another sentence that has not yet been both imposed and executed.”

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