Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1 district · 47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently October 2025 · most notably Martin v. State (1986), Duffy v. State (1986)
1 district · 47 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 United States v. Russell · Sherman v. United States · Ex parte Lange · Dorszynski v. United States · Ex parte United States
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court does not abuse its discretion unless it acts in a manner which exceeds the bounds of reason under the circumstances. In determining whether there has been an abuse of discretion, the ultimate issue is whether or not the court could reasonably conclude as it did. An abuse of discretion has been said to mean an error of law committed by the court under the circumstances.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Peterson v. State · Wright v. State“A sentence will not be disturbed because of sentencing procedures unless the defendant can show an abuse of discretion, procedural conduct prejudicial to him, and circumstances which manifest inherent unfairness and injustice, or conduct which offends the public sense of fair play.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Tucker v. State · Smith v. State“"* * * a sentence is not subject to appellate review if it is within the limits set by the legislature." 670 P.2d at 1091 .”
3 later decisions 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.