State v. Sparks’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
2
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3583
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Morrissey v. Brewer · North Carolina v. Pearce · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · United States v. Dixon
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In distinguishing between findings of fact and conclusions of law, '[a]s a general rule, ... any determination requiring the exercise of judgment or the application of legal principles is more properly classified a conclusion of law.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Like parole and post-release supervision, federal supervised release allows a defendant to serve part of his sentence outside - prison walls subject to his compliance with certain prescribed conditions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Reed“if a party fails to object to the findings of fact and bring them forward on appeal, they are binding on the appellate court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.