Sundberg v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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

1. “Nevertheless, while not binding on the trial court, the new code does give an indication of current legislative intent and, absent factors in a specific case warranting a harsher sentence, the defendant should be sentenced within the range of sentences provided by the new code, at least to the extent that his conduct corresponds exactly to conduct prohibited by a specific provision, or provisions of the new code.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bolhouse v. State

2. “[T]he five year rule is a guideline, not a mandatory limit_ Also, in our jurisprudence and under the new A.B.A. stan dards, dangerousness is equated with repetitive criminality, not necessarily with violence.... Thus, a repeat offender is, for sentencing purposes, a dangerous offender.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Graybill