State v. Baxter’s Empirical Analysis
1889
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently July 1984
11 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The order committing the defendant to the jail of the county until the fine and costs are paid is no part of the sentence, and the imprisonment is no part of the punishment inflicted for the commission of the offense. It is only a means provided for the enforcement of the penalty imposed in the sentence or judgment.” (p. 517.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . The general rule, independent of statute, is that in all cases where corporal punishment is inflicted, the defendant must be present in court when the sentence is pronounced; and his presence is equally necessary when any modification of such a sentence is made. . . .” (p. 517.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roberts v. State““For the purpose of judgment, if the conviction be for an offense punishable by imprisonment, the defendant must be personally present; . . .” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roberts v. State
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.