2011 UT App 109 - State v. Moreau’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
January 2020
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Killpack · State v. Gerrard · State v. Galli · State v. McCovey · State v. Smith
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.
“exercise of discretion in sentencing necessarily reflects the personal judgment of the court and the appellate court can properly find abuse only if it can be said that no reasonable [person] would take the view adopted by the trial court.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[wlhile sentencing courts take into account all the relevant circumstances, a trial court is not bound by the sentencing recommendations of [AP & P] or by the requests of the parties.... Moreover, the recommendations of the prosecutor or any other party are not binding upon the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“While sentencing courts take into account all the relevant cireumstances, ... the recommendations of the prosecutor or any other party are not binding upon the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.