Morgan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Morgan [argues] that a sentence in excess of [his original sentence] was not justified because Judge Cooke took Morgan’s rape into account in sentencing Morgan on his pleas of guilty to the [three lesser] charges_ This argument is unpersuasive. In sentencing Morgan for those three charges, Judge Cooke did indicate that he would take into account all relevant circumstances, including the injuries suffered by [the victim]. However, Judge Cooke made it clear that he did not intend to make any finding as to whether Morgan actually committed the offense of rape and that he did not intend to sentence Morgan for any crimes other than those to which he had pled guilty.”

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

2. “Under these circumstances, the state’s conduct is not retaliatory or vindictive in nature. Rather, the state, like the accused, seeks only to reassert its initial position. Hence no realistic likelihood of vindictiveness is indicated by the state’s conduct.”

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