State v. Serrano’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably State v. Brusenhan (1968), State v. Greene (1978)
42 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 87 Cal. App. 482 - People v. Jones · State v. Douglas · 6 Utah 2d 198 - State v. Sibert · Hanberry v. Fitzgerald · COSTAL PLAINS OIL COMPANY v. Douglas
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . suspension or deferment of sentence is not a matter of right but is an act of clemency and committed to the discretion of the trial court. “The court is at liberty to make any inquiry it feels might assist it in reaching a proper conclusion. We cannot, therefore, assume that the only investigation made by the court is that reflected by the record. “Abuse of discretion cannot be presumed but must be affirmatively established. . It follows that if the record11 is silent as to the reasons for a ruling, regularity and correctness are presumed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Dodson · State v. Heywood“Upon entry of a judgment of conviction of any crime not constituting a capital or first degree felony, any court haying jurisdiction when it is satisfied that the ends of justice and the best interest of the public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, may . . . enter an order deferring the imposition of [a] sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Upon deferring or suspending sentence the court is required, in accordance with Section 40A-29-17, N.M.S.A., 1953, to place the defendant upon probation. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Soria
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.