State v. Laney’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
44
cited by 44 later decisions
5
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 40 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Ring v. Arizona · Atkins v. Virginia · Jones v. United States · Simmons v. South Carolina
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In criminal cases, [the appellate court] sits to review errors of law only and is bound by the factual findings of the [circuit] court unless an abuse of discretion is shown.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hawes · State v. Williams“An abuse of discretion occurs when the conclusions of the [circuit] court either lack evidentiary support or are controlled by an error of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Williams
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.