Miller v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * ' * * ‘This Court has rejected the '•“doctrine that a prisoner, whose guilt is established by a regular verdict, is to escape punishment altogether because the • court committed an error in passing the 'sentence.” [Citation omitted] The Constitution does not require that sentencing should be a game in which a wrong move by the judge means immunity for the prisoner.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Miller

2. “V ■ “The mere correction of a sentence promptly after it is discovered that the • original sentence, imposed six years earlier, was erroneous does not support ^tlie constitutional burden Miller claims. * * =i= ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Miller