State v. Sostre’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 district · 39 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3592 · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Negron v. United States · Fertel-Rust v. Dane County Social Services · Griffith v. United States · Hiatt v. Indiana State Student Assistance Commission
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the legislature had wanted to turn killings accomplished during robberies, burglaries and larcenies into an [aggravating factor to be considered for the imposition of the death penalty for capital felony], it simply would have said so”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Orr“'[t]o constitute consideration, a performance or a return promise must be bargained for'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.