State v. Long’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

115 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 115 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] court, in exercising its discretion under R.C. 2929.03(A), must separately consider the youth of a juvenile offender as a mitigating factor before imposing a sentence of life without parole.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wade · State v. Settles

2. “As applied to a juvenile found guilty of aggravated murder under R.C. 2929.03(A), then, Ohio's sentencing scheme does not fall afoul of [Miller v. Alabama, __ U.S. _, 132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012)], because the sentence of life without parole is discretionary. Nor is our criminal procedure flawed under [Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010)] and Miller by failing to take into account that a defendant is a youthful offender.”

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

3. “in exercising its discretion under R.C. 2929.03(A), must separately consider the youth of a juvenile offender as a mitigating factor before imposing a sentence of life without parole in light of Miller v. Alabama * * *.”

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