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← 2011 UT App 219 - State v. Spencer

2011 UT App 219 - State v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2016
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Helms · State v. Galli · State v. Strunk · State v. Gallegos · State v. Valdez

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

  1. “acknowledged policy of ensur[ing] that the Board of Pardons is given the appropriate opportunity to determine the ultimate length of an individual's sentence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “consider the gravity and cireumstances of the offenses, the number of victims, and the history, character, and rehabilitative needs of the defendant.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “A [district] court abuses its discretion in sentencing when, among other things, it fails to consider all legally relevant factors.”
    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.