Page v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

106 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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a statement of the court's reasons for selecting the sentence that it imposes.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Townsend v. State · Seeley v. State

2. ““[i]n order to carry out our function of reviewing the trial court’s exercise of discretion in sentencing, we must be told of [its] reasons for imposing the sentence .... This necessarily requires a statement of facts, in some detail, which are peculiar to the particular defendant and the crime, as opposed to general impressions or conclusions.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scheckel v. State · Ramos v. State

3. “"Alright [sic], Mr. Smith, the Court has reflected on this Pre-Sentence Investigation and I recall the-the facts to which you testified in the-at your guilty plea and I have, as I said, gone over the facts involved in this case. The Court is struck by the indiscriminate nature of this offense and by the total disregard for the life and safety of others involved in this case, not only the victim but the victim's son, and I find that the aggravated cireumstances in this particular crime to outweigh the mitigating circumstance es. In fact, I can find nothing mitigating in this matter except your age. There is no doubt in my mind that an individual who can commit a crime of this magnitude and total disrespect for the safety of other people is in need of correctional or rehabilitative treatment that can best be provided by your commitment to a penal facility, and there is no question in my mind but that imposition of a reduced sentence or suspension of sentence and imposition of probation would depreciate the seriousness of this crime. I also recall that there was some physical damage in this case as a result of your-the commission of this crime. Therefore, I'm going to sentence you to the Indiana Department of Correction on the charge of Rape to a term of 50 years and I'm going to sentence you on the charge of Confinement to the Indiana Department of State Correction for a term of 20 years, the two charged [sic] to be served concurrently. You will be assess [sic] Court costs in t”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Staples v. State · Cunningham v. State