State v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The issue of an illegal sentence cannot be waived by the parties and may be addressed for the first time on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Norton v. State · Wilson v. State

2. “The remedy for an illegal sentence is not dismissal of the proceedings ... Rather, the general rule is that if the original sentence is illegal, even though partially executed, the sentencing court may correct it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Phon v. Com. of Ky.