Houston v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 1990
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McClain v. State · State v. Chaney · Houston v. State · Amidon v. State · Padie v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Incarceration and isolation are not synonymous. A judge may feel that a period of incarceration is necessary for rehabilitation or deterrence to emphasize to the defendant the seriousness of his offense and the likely consequences of recidivism. However, as a sentencing goal, isolation is reserved for those who can be neither rehabilitated nor deterred; that is, those who are reasonably likely to commit further criminal activity unless incarcerated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Larson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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