Childress v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
236
cited by 236 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
236 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tumulty v. State · Buchanan v. State · Serino v. State · Collins v. State · Pannarale 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 236 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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.”
33 later decisions quote this exact passage“'must persuade the appellate court that his or her sentence has met th[e] inappropriateness standard of review'”
16 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Calvert v. State · Smith v. State“is the starting point the Legislature has selected as an appropriate sentence for the crime committed.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. McMahon v. State · ROLER 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.