State v. Worthley’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
April 2012
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Bonney · State v. Ricker · State v. King · State v. Frye · State v. Vanassche
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Assuming, without deciding, that it may be possible in rare cases that a mandatory minimum sentence is cruel and unusual because of the characteristics of the individual or because of the manner in which the sentence is carried out, there was not enough information in this case for the [trial court to reach that conclusion].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gilman
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.