State v. Danny Robert Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant bears the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the sentencing court actually relied on irrelevant or improper factors.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 Wis. 2d 273 - State v. Anthony R. Pico · 385 Wis. 2d 514 - State v. Jones

2. “[W]hether counsel's performance was deficient and whether a defendant was prejudiced thereby, present questions of law that we review independently.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 Wis. 2d 700 - State v. Joseph B. Reinwand · 384 Wis. 2d 415 - State v. Smith

3. “actually relies on clearly irrelevant or improper factors.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 381 Wis. 2d 661 - State v. Jamal L. Williams · 383 Wis. 2d 147 - State v. Patrick H. Dalton