Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2008
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Batson v. Kentucky · Blakely v. Washington · Powell v. State · Brown 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A single aggravating cireumstance can justify the imposition of an enhanced sentence. Therefore, we need not address whether the trial court's finding of other aggravating cireumstances was improper under Blakely because Williams' prior criminal history, standing alone, was sufficient to enhance his sentence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State · Muncy v. State“A single aggravating circumstance can justify the imposition of an enhanced sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Muncy v. State“dismissive attitude with respect to the case”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones 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.