People v. Miles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A sentence is invalid when it is beyond statutory limits, when it is based upon constitutionally impermissible grounds, improper assumptions of guilt, a misconception of law, or when it conforms to local sentencing policy rather than individualized facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 321 Mich. App. 609 - People of Michigan v. Edward Duane Pointer-Bey

2. “requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant carried a firearm during the commission or attempted commission of a felony and nothing more .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 321 Mich. App. 609 - People of Michigan v. Edward Duane Pointer-Bey

3. “that a sentencing court need not consider the length of a consecutive or concurrent mandatory sentence when setting an indeterminate sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Gronewald