State v. Holloway’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The settled record and sentencing transcript contain no record of'information or data regarding proportionality having been presented to the trial court for its consideration when imposing sentence. That being the case, this Court will not accept an invitation to second guess the trial court on its sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ferguson · State v. Pack

2. “[w]hile the justifiable homicide instructions and self-defense instructions are not identical, the giving of either one would require the jury to consider whether or not it believed [Walton] was defending himself[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Walton

3. “Absent a sentence which is so excessive in duration that it shocks the conscience of the court, it is well settled in South Dakota that a sentence within statutory limits is not reviewable on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gehrke