State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently July 2011 · most notably State v. Mitchell (1992), State v. Cavallo (1982)
9 federal appellate · 34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Upper Pecos Ass'n v. Peterson · Reardon v. Meacham · Kelley v. United States · State v. Laws · State v. Wingler
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... mere excessiveness of sentence otherwise within authorized limits, as distinct from illegality by reason of being beyond or not in accordance with legal authorization, is not an appropriate ground for post-conviction relief, and can only be raised on direct appeal....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The prime difficulty with consecutive penal sentences for non-covered sex offenses is that they are absolute ánd must be served even though, as has proved to be the situation here, treatment is considered to have been so successful as to warrant release on parole otherwise, [at 435]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Johnson“... The long-time pattern of repetitive and compulsive behavior toward children and young males made it clear that defendant was ill, a menace and much in need of confinement and exposure to treatment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Artway v. Pallone
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.