State v. McRae’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1988
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Heinrich · State v. Bibee · State v. Childers · State v. Maxwell · State v. Crider
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the absence of a showing that the sentencing court was influenced by motives of prejudice or was induced by corruption (citations omitted), a claim that the sentence was excessive or constituted cruel and unusual punishment is not cognizable in our appellate courts.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hill 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.