Howell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Howell's prior misdemeanor convictions are not sufficiently weighty or similar to the current offense to justify enhancing the sentence. The prior convictions are of a different character than the instant offense and do not approach the seriousness of this offense. Consequently, the trial court abused its discretion by using Howell's criminal history as an aggravating factor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Alvies v. State

2. “Prickett's prior criminal history was neither sufficiently similar to the instant offense nor weighty enough to warrant consideration as an aggravating factor in enhancing his Class A felony sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Alvies v. State

3. “were neither sufficiently weighty or similar to the current offense to justify enhancing the sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Alvies v. State