Kurzmann v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Pelaes v. United States · United States v. Cardenas · Wainwright v. State · Hughes 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A judge sentences with a closed mind when the sentence is based on a preconceived bias without consideration of the nature of the offense or the character of the defendant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Martini v. State · Baine v. State“must have an open mind for receiving all information related to the question of mitigation,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Martini 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.