State v. Horton’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2021
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Black v. Romano · State v. Trotter · State v. Skolaut · State v. Edwards
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In other words, an erroneous conviction does not render the ensuing sentence illegal if that sentence is appropriate for the crime for which the defendant was convicted. In that instance, any relief must emanate from an attack on the improper conviction, not on the proper sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Robertson“Defective complaint claims are not properly raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence under K.S.A. 22-3504.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Robertson
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.