State v. Stevens’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
January 2005
most recently cited
18 state decisions
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In sentencing a nonviolent felony offender, the court shall first consider alternatives to imprisonment of the offender in the state prison, including placement of the offender in a community corrections facility or program. In considering alternatives to imprisonment, the court shall examine the sentencing criteria contained in 46-18-225. If the offender is subsequently sentenced to the state prison or the women’s correctional center, the court shall state its reasons why alternatives to imprisonment were not selected, based on the criteria contained in 46-18-225.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. LaMere · State v. Pence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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