McCann v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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50 state decisions

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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[this understanding of aggravating cireumstances comports with the Black's Law Dictionary definition of aggravation: '[alny cireum-stance attending the commission of a erime . which increases its guilt or enormity or adds to its injurious consequences.!”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCoy v. State · Brown v. State

2. “may revise a sentence authorized by statute if, after due consideration of the trial court's decision, [we find] that the sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kincaid v. State · Ray v. State

3. “[W]e will remand for resentencing if we cannot say with confidence that the trial court would have imposed the same sentence if it considered the proper aggravating and mitigating circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pickens v. State · Rita White v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)