State v. Flowers’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2024
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Guthmiller · Rowley v. South Dakota Board of Pardons & Paroles · State v. Whitfield · State v. Beckwith · State v. Liaw
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“South Dakota's habitual offender statutes enhance a defendant's [statutory maximum] sentence, not the underlying offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Roedder“impose a sentence other than probation or a fully suspended penitentiary sentence [.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Roedder“aggravating circumstances exist that pose a significant risk to the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Roedder
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.