Fletcher v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
35
cited by 35 later decisions
2
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
35 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doe v. Poritz · 144 Ill. 2d 381 - People v. Adams · State v. McCuin · 33 Cal. 3d 914 - In Re Reed · 123 Wash. 2d 488 - State v. Ward
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“because the designation `sexual predator' is neither a sentence nor a punishment.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Walker v. State · Robinson v. State“constitute punishment subject to constitutional ex post facto challenges”
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.