222 Mich. App. 58 - People v. Ronowski’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “[b]ecause restitution is now mandatory, it is no longer open to negotiation during the plea-bargaining or sentence-bargaining process, and defendants are on notice that restitution will be part of their sentences.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Bell

2. “use of the term `shall' rather than `may' indicates mandatory rather than discretionary action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Bell