State v. Althouse’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
March 2024
most recently cited
13 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"(1) a comparison of the severity of the penalty and the gravity of the crime; (2) a comparison of the penalties imposed for other, related crimes; and (3) the criminal history of the defendant."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[h]abitual criminal [statutes] are based upon the belief that the criminal, as well as the crime, is a material factor to be considered in fixing the sentence. If the criminal is a menace to the community, his sentence should be aimed at offering the most protection to the community, regardless of the relative innocuousness of the particular crime for which he is now convicted.' " 359 Or. at 684 , 375 P.3d 475 (quoting Tuel v. Gladden , 234 Or. 1 , 6, 379 P.2d 553 (1963) (brackets in Althouse )). Whether an enhanced sentence under a recidivism statute for repeat sexual offenders "shocks the moral sense”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'depend[s] upon the seriousness of repetitive sexual conduct of th[e] kind [punished by the statute] and the danger that it forecasts for others unless the defendant is segregated from society.'”
2 later decisions 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.