State v. Trieb’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably Entzi v. Redmann (2007), State v. Dalman (1994)
2 federal appellate · 23 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Porzig v. Nolden · Johnson v. Transportation Agency · Gajewski v. Bratcher · State v. Trieb · State v. Aqui
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Examples of illegal sentences include: a sentence in excess of a statutory provision or in some other way contrary to an applicable statute, a sentence which fails to conform to the oral pronouncement of the sentence, or a sentence which is ambiguous with respect to the time and manner in which it is to be served. 3 Wright, Federal Practice and Procedure: Criminal 2d § 582 (1982). In addition, a sentence is illegal if it does not comply with a promise of a plea bargain, DeCoteau v. State, 504 N.W.2d 552, 556 (N.D. 1993); cf. 3 Wright, § 585 at 398 (“A sentence within statutory limits, but that is contrary to a plea agreement that has been accepted, by the court, is not illegal. It has, however, been imposed in an illegal manner”), or when the sentencing court lacks jurisdiction to impose it, Stein v. State, 758 P.2d 132, 133 (Alaska App. 1988).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hutchinson“Mere discussion regarding the terms of a plea agreement is not synonymous with negotiation. To hold differently would conflict with a judge’s duty under Rule 11 to ascertain whether an agreement is in existence. The extent of the sentencing judge’s exchanges with Trieb, Trieb’s counsel, and the State was limited to determining whether an agreement actually existed. Therefore, the district court did not err in finding that “[n]one of the terms or conditions of the plea agreement were suggested by the Court, nor did the sentencing Court engage in any negotiations.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Vandehoven“[t]he sentencing court was outside its jurisdiction when it, in effect, guaranteed good time on a 30 year sentence by sentencing Trieb to 22 years, while placing limitations on accrual and application of good time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ostafin v. State
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.