State v. Biegenwald’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently October 2009 · most notably State v. Gerald (1988), State v. Di Frisco (1990)
3 federal appellate · 47 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Lockett v. Ohio · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Washington Post Co. v. Rebozo · National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Idaho
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]mposition of the penalty of death is `profoundly different from all other penalties,' * * * and, as such, requires more, not fewer, procedural safeguards * * *,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In resolving doubts and uncertainties as to the meaning to be given a statutory provision, reference to related statutes can be instructive. Consistent construction of other statutes and statutory provisions in pari materia can be indicative of the intended understanding to be accorded the legislation under scrutiny. [ 96 N.J. 630, 635 , 477 A.2d 318 , clarified, 97 N.J. 666 , 483 A.2d 184 (1984)]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a result of the Code amendments establishing death as a possible penalty for murder (effective August 6, 1982), there are now three sentencing options: (1) death; (2) a sentence of thirty years without parole; (3) a sentence between thirty years and life, with a mandatory minimum thirty year term of parole ineligibility. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3b.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.