39 Wis. 2d 461 - State v. Leonard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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. “Hereafter, on resentencing following a second conviction after retrial, or mere resentencing, the trial court shall be barred from imposing an increased sentence unless (1) events occur or come to the sentencing court's attention subsequent to the first imposition of sentence which warrant an increased penalty; and (2) the court affirmatively states its grounds in the record for increasing the sentence.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 50 Wis. 2d 380 - Mattice v. State · State v. Church

2. “[s]ix justices believe that until the United States Supreme Court has spoken unequivocally on this issue the approach of Marano [v. United States, 374 F.2d 583 (1st Cir. 1967)] is correct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Church

3. “[W]e see no good reason for distinguishing those cases [in which the conviction was invalid] from situations involving only resentencing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 208 Wis. 2d 142 - State v. Carter