State v. Sheldon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[Mjinimum terms of imprisonment shall be imposed upon an offender and served without benefit of parole when, in the course of committing an offense, he ... threatens or menaces another with imminent bodily injury with ... a firearm. Such minimum penalties shall apply only when possession of a ... firearm has been charged and admitted or found to be true in the manner provided by law....””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Schweitzer · State v. Whalen

2. ““[I]t will not set aside a sentence on the ground that the trial court abused its discretion unless the sentence exceeds the statutory limits or the court has substantially relied upon an impermissible factor in determining the severity of the sentence.” 312 N.W.2d at 371 .”

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

3. “strictly construed against the government or parties seeking to impose them and in favor of persons on whom they are sought to be imposed.”

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