41 Wis. 2d 460 - Buchanan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “There are several germane distinctions to the classification, as seen above—the most important is that a sexual deviate is confined because he is dangerous to the public, and the mentally ill, infirm or deficient person is confined primarily for his own benefit and treatment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 64 Wis. 2d 612 - State Ex Rel. Kovach v. Schubert

2. “has the right to counsel, process to compel attendance of witnesses, production of evidence, [and] examination by a doctor or psychiatrist of his own choosing. * * *”

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

3. ““The purpose of the Sex Crimes Act is to protect the public from the commission of dangerous sex crimes and to provide treatment for the dangerous sex offender.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 54 Wis. 2d 240 - Bastian v. State