Mott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently June 2002 · most notably Abercrombie v. State (1981), Lock v. State (1980)
40 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 Sarlls, City Clerk v. State, Ex Rel. · Inman v. State · Bewley 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the court shall determine whether terms of imprisonment shall be served concurrently or consecutively. (b) If a person commits a crime: (1) after having been arrested for another crime; and (2) before the date he is discharged from probation, parole, or a term of imprisonment imposed for that other crime; the terms of imprisonment for the crimes shall be served consecutively, regardless of the order in which the crimes are tried and sentences are imposed."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Court has reviewed the Pre Sentence Investigation and Report as well as the supplement to that Pre Sentence Investigation and Report. The court has considered the evidence presented - here in open Court, the arguments of counsel, and has considered the mandatory, the factors made mandatory by statute. The risk that the Defendant will commit another crime that's always up in the air. I do consider however that these circumstances are unlikely to recur. The nature and circumstances of the crime committed certainly he has obtained access to the victim by deceit. He violated the restraining order no less than three times, once on the day of the homicide, onee on June 4th and onee on May 30th which the officer responding to the call for violation of that restraining order found him to be intoxicated and resulted in his arrest for Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. So this was not a ... I guess it indicates to me a disregard for the law a disregard for the authority of the court. And in addition to being an aggravating factor I think also indicates or is an indication of Defendant's character. Prior criminal record there is no conviction for any offense, but as I mentioned with respect to his character there is the arrest for Operating While Intoxicated, there are the violations of the restraining order, there is the admitted marijuana use which is illegal and again indicates a disrespect for the law. The court considers the aggravating factors as follows: the violation of ”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pickens v. State““... the trial court’s recommendation of no parole is merely a recommendation. It is not an order. The Indiana parole board of the Department of Corrections has exclusive power to parole prisoners, under our statutes, Ind.Code § 11-1-1-7 (Burns 1979). The appellant was sentenced to the Department of Corrections and there is no showing that he has been harmed in any way by the recommendation of the judge. This remark, while inappropriate, does not constitute error.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hatton 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.