Weeks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
4
states following
October 2002
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Jones v. United States · Walton v. Arizona · Dwayne Weeks v. Robert Snyder, Warden Attorney General of the State of Delaware · Weeks 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e are not persuaded that Appren-di's reach extends to state capital sentencing schemes in which judges are required to find specific aggravating factors before imposing a sentence of death.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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