State v. Whitfield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 376 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 378 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a 'conviction' consists of a guilty verdict and the imposition of a sentence or penalty.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Wright · In re M.G.

2. “In cases in which the imposition of multiple punishments is at issue, R.C. 2941.25(A)'s mandate that a defendant may be 'convicted' of only one allied offense is a protection against multiple sentences rather than multiple convictions.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Fletcher · State v. Stephenson

3. “[a]n accused may be tried for both [allied offenses of similar import] but may be convicted and sentenced for only one. The choice is given to the prosecution to pursue one offense or the other, and it is plainly the intent of the General Assembly that the election may be of either offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Smith