Phelps v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2015
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McClain v. State · State v. Chaney · Austin v. State · Donlun v. State · Mutschler v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a starting point or guide for analyzing the proper severity of a defendant's composite sentence-and that a composite sentence greater than [this] ceiling can sometimes be justified by sentencing goals other than the particular goal of protecting the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Leopold v. State
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.