State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently March 2023 · most notably State v. Gaylord (1995), State v. Okumura (1995)
44 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 Boddie v. Connecticut · State v. Freitas · State v. Harris · State v. Fry · State v. Murray
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Without express legislative authority, the court cannot delegate the sentencing function to another person or entity.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Gaylord · Rapozo v. State“The prescription of penalties is a legislative prerogative, but a sentencing court is nonetheless afforded wide latitude in the selection of penalties from those prescribed and in the determination of their severity. This authority is normally undisturbed on review in the absence of an apparent abuse of discretion, or unless applicable statutory and constitutional commands have not been observed. (Citations omitted.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Gamulo · State v. Sinagoga“findings of fact and conclusions that the manner of payment is reasonable and one which the defendant can afford.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Gaylord · State v. ELICKER
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.