State v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Accent Store Design, Inc. v. Marathon House, Inc. · State v. Anthony · State v. Eckhart · State v. DiCicco
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Whenever it appears a person shall be deemed a 'habitual criminal,' the attorney general, within forty-five (45) days of the arraignment, but in no case later than the date of the pretrial conference, may file with the court a notice specifying that the defendant, upon conviction, is subject to the imposition of an additional sentence in accordance with this section[.]"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the intent and purpose of the Legislature.” State v. Peterson, 722 A.2d 259, 264 (R.I.1998) (quoting In re Advisory to the Governor, 668 A.2d 1246, 1248 (R.I.1996)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he state should not be deprived of its statutory right to seek enhanced sentencing merely because a pretrial conference is continued.”
1 later decision 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.