People v. Blackwell’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
4
states following
May 2022
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Ring v. Arizona · Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Miller does not require irreparable corruption be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt in order to 'aggravate' or * 'enhance' the sentence for [a] juvenile offender convicted of homicide.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Skinner“Miller drew a line between children whose crimes reflect transient immaturity and those rare children whose crimes reflect irreparable corruption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Skinner“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. [ U.S. Const., Am. VIII.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Skinner
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.