State v. Hurt’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
53
cited by 53 later decisions
2
states following
April 2017
most recently cited
51 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Neder v. United States · Washington v. Recuenco · State v. Allen
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he “statutory maximum” for Apprendi purposes is the maximum sentence a judge may impose solely on the basis of the facts reflected in the jury verdict or admitted by the defendant. ... In other words, the relevant “statutory maximum” is not the maximum sentence a judge may impose after finding additional facts, but the maximum [the judge] may impose without any additional findings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A] judge may not find an aggravating factor on the basis of a defendant's admission unless that defendant personally or through counsel admits the necessary facts or admits that the aggravatingfactor is applicable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the jury could have found the [heinous, atrocious, and cruel] aggravator,”
1 later decision 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.