Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 2013 · most notably People v. Shepard (1999), 723 So. 2d 105 - Snell v. State (1998)
34 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 Bearden v. Georgia · 124 Ga. App. 190 - Inman v. State · Cannon v. State · England v. Newton · 181 Ga. App. 440 - Morrison 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"We have held that the sentencing court may not increase a sentence once the defendant begins serving it without violating the prohibition against double jeopardy in both the Georgia and Federal constitutions. [Citations omitted.] Since restitution is punishment when ordered as part of a criminal sentence, the trial court cannot increase the amount of restitution after the defendant begins serving a sentence absent the defendant's consent."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Jolly v. State · In Re Ew“is not synonymous with civil damages. The amount of the victim's damages is only one factor for a court to consider in determining the amount of restitution. The [trial] court must also consider the offender's present financial condition and future earning capacity, as well as the goal of rehabilitation to the offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. In Re Ew
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.