220 Wis. 2d 720 - State v. Spears’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1999
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · Williams v. People of State of New York · Payne v. Tennessee · 216 Wis. 2d 768 - State v. Sullivan · 192 Wis. 2d 845 - State v. Garcia
Most-quoted passages
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“Faced with recommendations that [the defendant] serve a lengthy prison sentence, in part, because of the virtue of her victim, [the defendant], in fairness, should have had the opportunity to recommend a lesser sentence, in part, because [the victim's] record compromised claims about his virtue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the specific prior record of the victim [was] not relevant at all to these proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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