State v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · North Carolina v. Pearce · Harris v. United States · State v. Gould · Carmichael 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A criminal sentence that is within statutory limits will not be disturbed on appeal absent a showing of abuse of discretion or vindictiveness on the part of the sentencing court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Brown“whenever a judge imposes a more severe sentence upon a defendant after a new trial, the reasons for his doing so must affirmatively appear.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Brown
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.