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Von Atkinson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

575 F.2d 819 · 1978

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
January 2003
most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Henderson v. Morgan · De Jonge v. Oregon · Cole v. State of Arkansas · Smith v. O'Grady · 26 Utah 2d 392 - State v. Tapp

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

  1. “[w]hat ... is before us now is the fundamental due process question of whether one can be sentenced for a crime not charged and to which no plea of guilty has been entered. The answer is an unequivocal no.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “It is irrelevant that the sentence for the uncharged crime is less than that for the one charged.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “a trial and conviction for an uncharged crime.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.