State v. Robideau’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The State argues for the first time on appeal that when a child discovers the body of a murdered parent, the crime is significantly more serious than the typical murder, and warrants treatment as a new aggravating factor. A defendant who commits a murder in such a way that the child is intended to be the first to discover the body of a murdered parent may warrant treatment as a new aggravating factor. But that issue was not presented to the district court, and thus is not properly before us. Moreover, the district court did not find that Robideau intended for D.C. to discover his mother’s body.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Robideau

2. “The interpretation of case law is a legal question that is reviewed de novo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wheeler v. State

3. “[t]he offense was committed in the presence of a child”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gayles