People v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 2015
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Vigil · People v. Stage · People v. Kruse · People v. Longoria · People v. Kibel
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an indeterminate term of at least the minimum of the presumptive range ... and a maximum of the sex offender's natural life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Mata“defendant's interpretation of the statute renders meaningless the General Assembly's insertion of 'at least,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Becker“by its plain meaning provides the court with the option to impose an increased minimum sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Becker
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.