State v. Pompei’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
February 2001
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Glover · Cranston Print Works Co. v. City of Cranston · Hall v. Burns · State v. Anderson · State v. Carey
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Penal statutes, strictly and properly, are those imposing punishment for an offense against the State. . . . The words `penal' and `penalty,' in their strict and primary sense, denote a punishment, whether corporal or pecuniary, imposed and enforced by the State for a crime or offense against its laws.”
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.