Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
July 2007
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · United States v. Tucker · Kent v. United States · Rideout v. United States · Townsend v. Burke
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.
“[this individualized sentencing process requires possession of the fullest information possible concerning the defendant's life and characteristics.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. White v. State · McCarty v. State“is to determine the type and extent of punishment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. White v. State · Debro v. State“We must strike a balance between generally allowing hearsay information regarding defendant's life and insuring that a defendant is not sentenced on invalid information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cloum 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.