State v. Blakely’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · North Carolina v. Alford · 127 Wash. 2d 322 - State v. McFarland · State v. Copeland · 126 Wash. 2d 388 - State v. Ritchie
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.
“Other than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“substantial and compelling reasons justifying an exceptional sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.