State v. Lebeau’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · North Carolina v. Pearce · Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]ourts should consider all relevant facts raised by the parties about the defendant's crime in relation to the harshness of the penalty.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Martin · State v. Coombs“compare the sentence being imposed to the sentences imposed for other crimes in Utah”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Martin · State v. Coombs“appropriately weigh a defendant's potential for rehabilitation,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Casper · State v. Coombs
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.