State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
138
cited by 138 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
138 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McKay v. Jobin · Anchors v. United States · State v. Cook · 445 So. 2d 1171 - State v. Williams · 412 So. 2d 540 - State v. Carter
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 138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . the offender's past criminality or other circumstances in his background or in the commission of the crimes to justify treating him as a grave risk to the safety of the community.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On appellate review of sentence, the relevant question is not whether another sentence might have been more appropriate but whether the trial court abused its broad sentencing discretion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.