State v. Robbins’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently November 1999 · most notably 172 W. Va. 312 - State Ex Rel. Simpkins v. Harvey (1983), State v. O'Neill (1986)
33 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 Robinson v. State of California · Coker v. Georgia · Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · State v. Sisco · Doe v. Ray
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As used in this context, the word “shall” does not require trial court to impose a jail sentence. It means only that if the court’s discretionary power to defer judgment, defer sentence, or suspend execution of the sentence is not exercised, defendant must then serve at least two full days in jail.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ayers · State v. Chana““Ordinarily, statutes, with notable exceptions not here involved, regularly enacted by the legislature will be accorded a strong presumption of constitutionality and all reasonable intendments must be indulged in favor of the validity of the legislation attacked. One who challenges legislation on constitutional grounds has the burden to negate every reasonable basis upon which the statute may be sustained. Where the constitutionality of a statute is merely doubtful or fairly debatable, the courts will not interfere. Thus a statute will not be declared unconstitutional unless it clearly, palpably and without doubt, infringes the constitution. Hearth Corporation v. C-B-R Development Co., Inc., 210 N.W.2d 632, 636, 637 ; State v. Vick, Iowa, 205 N.W.2d 727, 729 , and the many authorities cited in these opinions.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wehde““All crimes in this State are statutory. * * * In defining crimes, as in all other legislation, the legislature is its own lexicographer. * * * Since the legislature may define which crimes shall be felonies and which shall be misdemeanors, it may also create exceptions to those classifications to meet exceptional or unique circumstances. * * * The only constitutional requirement is that such a classification is a reasonable one, operates equally on all within the class, and bears logical relationship to the purpose to be accomplished. In attacking the statute defendant must establish its invalidity, by negating every reasonable hypothesis upon which it might be sustained.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wehde
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.