State v. Donahue’s Empirical Analysis
2019
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
August 2022
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. Alabama · Miller v. Alabama · Montgomery v. Louisiana · State v. Dickey · State v. Trotter
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'(1) a sentence imposed by a court without jurisdiction; (2) a sentence that does not conform to the applicable statutory provision, either in the character or the term of authorized punishment; or (3) a sentence that is ambiguous with respect to the time and manner in which it is to be served. [Citations omitted.]'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Gales“[T]his court has repeatedly held a motion to correct an illegal sentence . . . cannot raise claims that [a] sentence violates a constitutional provision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Peterson
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.