State v. Burton’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
August 2005
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Roth · State v. MacOn · State v. Yarbough · State v. Carter · State v. Bankston
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the severity of the sentence imposed should be controlled by the conduct that is the occasion for that sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidence of defendant's guilt was overwhelming”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.