People v. Garberding’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Equal protection requires only that the minimum and maximum sentences imposed by the statute-not the judge-are the same for all persons charged with the same or similar offenses; the individual treatment of each defendant within the limits of the sentence provided is within the sentencing court's discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Smith

2. “When it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the ends of justice and the best interest of the public, as well as the defendant, will be served thereby, the court may grant the defendant probation for such period and upon such terms and conditions as it deems best.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Martinez

3. “the sentencing court's responsibility is to individualize and tailor a sentence to fit the crime and the particular defendant before the court”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Hernandez-Clavel