State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 state decisions

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... I think for someone to be eligible for a program like that they have to know that they committed the crime that they’ve been convicted of, they have to have remorse. All right? They have to feel some type of pain for the pain that they have inflicted on these two victims here; and, I don’t see that from you. All right. Now, I understand why you’re doing it. You went to trial and you want to maintain your innocence to the bitter end.... For a lot of reasons you don’t want to admit to me you did this; and, that’s the decision that you have made. All right. And, that’s fine. Okay. But don’t expect something from me if you’re not willing to give me something, okay, No. 1.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Greer v. State

2. “shall decide the extent or duration of sentence or other disposition to be imposed under all the circumstances, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and character of the defendant and render judgment accordingly.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Betts

3. “We assume the trial court's experience and expertise enables the trial court to consider appropriate sentencing factors and to disregard improper matters.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Betts