Howard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “shall sentence a person found to be a habitual offender to an additional fixed term that is not less than the advisory sentence for the underlying offense nor more than three (3) times the advisory sentence for the underlying offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kilgore v. State

2. “A habitual offender finding does not constitute a separate crime nor result in a separate sentence, but rather results in a sentence enhancement imposed upon the conviction of a subsequent felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kilgore v. State

3. “habitual substance offender statute require[d] that the court 'shall' sentence the defendant ‘to an additional fixed term”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jacob O. Robinson v. State of Indiana