State v. Apprendi’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “2C:44-3 Criteria for sentence of extended term of imprisonment The court shall, upon application of the prosecuting attorney, sentence a person who has been convicted of a crime ... to an extended term if it finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, the grounds in subsection e. e. The defendant in committing the crime acted with a purpose to intimidate an individual or group of individuals because of race, color, gender, handicap, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Apprendi · 2006 Pa. Super. 244 - Commonwealth v. Kearns

2. “no doubt that Pennsylvania's [statute fell] on the permissible side of the constitutional line.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Apprendi v. New Jersey

3. “purpose to use [the weapon] unlawfully against the person or property of another,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Apprendi v. New Jersey