Copeland v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2013
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stephenson v. State · Davis v. State · Beck v. State · Smith v. State · Rogers 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A 365-day sentence, whether suspended or served in the Department of Correction, is the maximum sentence ... A suspended sentence is one actually imposed but the execution of which is thereafter suspended. Such a sentence is a definite sentence postponed so that the defendant is not required to serve his time in prison unless he commits another crime or violates some court-imposed condition^]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jennings 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.