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← 2017 MT 107 - State v. B. Thompson

State v. B. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
December 2024
most recently cited

24 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Kotwicki · State v. Lane · State v. McLeod · State v. Kroll · State v. Johnson

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

  1. “a sentencing court's failure to abide by a statutory requirement rises to an objectionable sentence, not necessarily an illegal one.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “constitute[s] a waiver that prevents us from reviewing the issue on appeal.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “is the 'legally effective sentence and valid, final judgment.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.