State v. Chubbuck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “By requiring the defendant seeking a downward, departure from a criminal punishment code sentence to prove that the services to treat his or her medical condition are unavailable in prison, the courts have placed an additional burden on the defendant which is not required by the Legislature. In fact, nothing in the legislative history even hints that in order to justify a downward departure on this ground, services must be unavailable in prison to treat the condition.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Owens · Kinsey v. State

2. “[T]he state should have the opportunity to present evidence as to whether the DOC can provide the required “specialized treatment.” However, if the state presents such evidence ... the trial court is not precluded from granting [appellant’s] request for downward departure. Rather, the state’s evidence is merely an additional factor which the trial court may consider in exercising its discretion as to whether to grant [appellant’s] request for downward departure.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Perez v. State