State v. Dopkowski’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably Maryland Aviation Administration v. Noland (2005), Jones v. State (1994)
75 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Williams v. People of State of New York · Burns v. United States · Black v. Romano · Logan v. State
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘only three grounds for appellate review of sentences are recognized in this State: (1) whether the sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment or violates other constitutional requirements; (2) whether the sentencing judge was motivated by ill-will, prejudice or other impermissible considerations; and (3) whether the sentence is within statutory limits.’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“At the second stage, that of whether the court’s discretion should be exercised to revoke probation, appellate review is for an abuse of discretion. Trial judges do not revoke probation unless satisfied that probation should be revoked. Appellate review to determine whether there was reasonable satisfaction would simply analyze whether discretion was abused for want of any reasonable basis for the revocation. Were the trial court satisfied to exercise its discretion to revoke, in a case where there is not legally sufficient evidence of a violation, appellate review of the reasonableness of the trial court’s satisfaction should reveal the clearly erroneous or legally insufficient nature of the fact-finding of a violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hammonds v. State“The judge is accorded this broad latitude to best accomplish the objectives of sentencing—punishment, deterrence and rehabilitation. A sentence should be premised upon both the facts and circumstances of the crime itself and the background of the individual convicted of committing the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cathcart v. State
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.