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← 813 N.E.2d 1187 - Carson v. State

Carson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

26
cited by 26 later decisions
4
states following
July 2008
most recently cited

26 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Powell 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[The multiple convictions that the extensive criminal history comprises have already been proven beyond a reasonable doubt and are thus exempt from the Ap-prendi rule as clarified by Blakely.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Lampitok v. State · Abran v. State
  2. “a single aggravating circumstance is adequate to justify a sentence enhancement.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Williams v. State · Guillen v. State
  3. “already ... proven beyond a reasonable doubt”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. State v. Chiappetta · Guillen 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.