709 So. 2d 672 - State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
642 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 644 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably 828 So. 2d 622 - State v. Allen (2002), 956 So. 2d 758 - State v. Hill (2007)
642 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 Solem v. Helm · State v. Dorthey · State v. Sepulvado · 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno · 603 So. 2d 739 - State v. Lobato
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 644 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[he] is exceptional, which in this context means that because of unusual circumstances this defendant is a victim of the legislature's failure to assign sentences that are meaningfully tailored to the culpability of the offender, the gravity of the offense, and the circumstances of the case.”
225 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the purposeful imposition of pain and suffering”
55 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Smart · State v. Randall“If the third felony or either of the two prior felonies is a felony defined as a crime of violence under R.S. 14:2(13) or as a violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law punishable by imprisonment for more than five years or any other crime punishable by imprisonment for more than twelve years, the person shall be imprisoned for the remainder of his natural life, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Scott · State v. Craig
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.