State v. Cheeks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an opportunity for exoneration to innocent individuals convicted of severe crimes”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. LaPointe · State v. Angelo

2. “every conceivable [reasonable] basis which might support”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 51 Kan. App. 2d 819 - State v. Kelsey · 62 Kan. App. 2d 149 - State v. Myers

3. “the relevant trait for [its] similarly situated analysis [was] the sentence imposed by the district court and not the elements of the crimes.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. LaPointe · Washington v. State