Bennett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Buchanan v. State · State ex rel. Goldsmith v. Marion County Superior Court, Criminal Division No. 1 · State Ex Rel. Goldsmith v. Marion County Superior Court · HALL DRIVE INS. INC. v. City of Fort Wayne · State v. Lloyd
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[When a defendant is sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement, he has implicitly agreed that his sentence is appropriate.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Mast v. State · Edwards v. State“[the Court may revise a sentence authorized by statute if, after due consideration of the trial court's decision the Court finds that the sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Payne v. State · Edwards v. State“Moreover, when no term is specified in the plea bargain recommendation, sentencing falls within the ambit of the trial court's discretion upon acceptance of the agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ross 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.