Bonds v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
April 2011
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. West · Lee v. United States · Fugate v. State · Wethington v. State · Marshall v. State
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a trial court relies upon aggravating cireumstances to enhance the presumptive sentence, it must identify all significant circumstances, state the specific reasons why the circumstance is aggravating or mitigating, and articulate the court's evaluation and balancing of the circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hollen v. State · Sherwood v. State“that the sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sherwood v. State
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.