218 N.J. Super. 595 - State v. D'AMATO’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably 238 N.J. Super. 31 - State v. Anaya (1990), 328 N.J. Super. 77 - State v. Torres (2000)
37 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Oregon v. Kennedy · United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co. · United States v. Wilson
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he State's reference to the distinction between first and second-degree robbery as being merely one of grading is to our view unrealistic in light of the importance of such distinction to a defendant. This distinction may be of far greater consequence to an accused than the obtaining of an acquittal on a crime of a lesser degree. [ Ibid. .]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“although the judge did not specifically address reasons for imposing a maximum sentence and consecutive sentence for the theft, we find no reason to disturb the sentences imposed,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the degree of a crime to be an essential element of the grand jury function.”
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.