State v. Olson’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
95 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably State v. Stenklyft (2005), State v. Shattuck (2005)
95 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 Bridwell v. United States · 3 Cal. 3d 89 - People v. Tenorio · 7 Cal. 3d 248 - People v. Navarro · 11 Cal. 3d 59 - People v. Superior Court (On Tai Ho) · 5 Cal. 3d 119 - Esteybar v. Municipal Court
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] statute is to be construed according to the legislative intent, which is to be sought in the language used, in light of the subject matter, the purpose of the statute, the occasion and necessity for the law, and the consequences of a particular interpretation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Except as provided in section 609.582, subdivision la, in determining an appropriate disposition for a first offense of burglary of a dwelling, the court shall presume that a stay of execution with at least a 90-day period of incarceration as a condition of probation shall be imposed unless the defendant’s criminal history score determined according to Sentencing Guidelines indicates a presumptive executed sentence, in which case the presumptive executed sentence shall be imposed unless the court departs from the Sentencing Guidelines pursuant to section 244.10. A stay of imposition of sentence may be granted only if accompanied by a statement on the record of the reasons for it. The presumptive period of incarceration may be waived in whole or in part by the court if the defendant provides restitution or performs community work service.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Rausch · State v. Larson“But once the legislature has prescribed the punishment for a particular offense it cannot, within constitutional parameters, condition the imposition of the sentence by the court upon the prior approval of the prosecutor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.