State v. Jose Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Toole · State v. Byrnes · State v. Barkmeyer · State v. Rivera · State v. Chase
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The motion is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial justice, who may grant it if he or she decides on reflection or on the basis of changed circumstances that the sentence originally imposed was, for any reason, unduly severe.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“our review of a trial justice's ruling on a Rule 35 motion is extremely limited.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“rare instances when the trial justice has imposed a sentence that is without justification and is grossly disparate from other sentences generally imposed for similar offenses.”
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.