Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 23 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the Supreme Court shall have, in all appeals of criminal cases, the power to review and revise the sentence imposed.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Laux v. State · Dennis v. State

2. “The trial court's statement of reasons (i) must identify each mitigating and aggravating circumstance found, (i) must include the specific facts and reasons which lead the court to find the existence of each such cireumstance, (iM) must articulate that the mitigating and aggravating circumstances have been evaluated and balanced in determination of the sentence, and (iv) must set forth the trial court's personal conclusion that the sentence is appropriate punishment for this offender and this crime.”

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

3. “`Without a trial court sentencing order that meets the requirements of the law,' we have the option to remand to the trial court for a clarification or new sentencing determination.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eiler v. State · Kevin Andrew Schuler v. State of Indiana