State v. Whitfield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the offender is under the supervision of the Department of Corrections, the court shall order a fully suspended penitentiary sentence.... The sentencing court may impose a sentence other than ... a fully suspended penitentiary sentence if the court finds aggravating circumstances exist that pose a significant risk to the public and require a departure from presumptive probation under this section. If a departure is made, the judge shall state on the record at the time of sentencing the aggravating circumstances and the same shall be stated in the dispositional order.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Roedder · State v. Flowers

2. “To depart from a [presumptive] sentence ... the court must identify aggravating factors that pose a significant risk to the public.”

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