Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Lancaster v. State (2002), Mehring v. State (1993)
25 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 Townsend v. Burke · Gregg v. United States · Christy v. State · Clouse v. State · Smallwood 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cireumstances which manifest inherent unfairness and injustice, or conduct which offends the public sense of fair play.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Mehring v. State · Tucker v. State“(a) Presentence investigation. (1) When Made. — In every felony case the Department of Probation and Parole shall conduct a presentence investigation and submit a report to the court. * * * In felony cases the investigation and report may not be waived but, with the parties[’] consent, the court may permit the report to be filed after sentencing. Otherwise, it shall be considered by the court before the imposition of sentence or the granting of probation. * * * (2) Report. — The report of the presen-tence investigation shall contain: (A) Information about the history and characteristics of the defendant, including prior criminal record, if any, financial condition, and any circumstances affecting the defendant’s behavior that may be helpful in imposing sentence or in the correctional treatment of the defendant; (B) Verified information stated in a nonargumentative style containing an assessment of the financial, social, psychological, and medical impact upon, and cost to, any individual against whom the offense has been committed and attaching a victim impact statement as provided in W.S. 7-21-103 if the victim chooses to make one in writing. In any event the report shall state that the victim was advised of the right to make such a statement orally at the defendant’s sentencing or in writing. If the victim could not be contacted, the report shall describe the efforts made to contact the victim; (C) Unless the court orders otherwise, information concerning the nature and exte”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mehring v. State“a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Humphrey v. State
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.