Rojem v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 2020
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Crawford v. Washington · Ohio v. Roberts · Rochin v. People of California · Wainwright v. Witt
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Proposition VI Rojem claims that his death sentence violates the state and federal constitutions because mitigating factors outweighed the aggravating circumstances. He asks this Court to independently weigh the evidence for the death penalty and set aside the verdict. This request suggests a misunderstanding of this Court's role. In its mandatory sentence review, this Court considers whether the death penalty was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor. We do not substitute our judgment for that of the jury, but review the record taking into account any cireumstances which may have improperly affected the jury's verdict. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Malone v. State
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.