Ruiz v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that four alcohol-related misdemeanors did not support aggravation of a child molesting sentence although alcohol was involved in the latter offense
• holding that the significance of prior criminal history varies based on the gravity, nature, and number of prior offenses as they relate to the current offense
• concluding that criminal history with four alcohol-related offenses did not support a harsher sentence for felony child molesting, even when alcohol had been involved in the molesting offense
• significance of a defendant’s criminal history “‘varies based on the gravity, nature and number of prior offenses as they relate to the current offense.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Childress v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-06-14· cited 1,438×
• Taylor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-01-17· cited 186×
• Cotto v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2005-06-23· cited 170×
• Martez Brown v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-06-02· cited 131×
• Harris v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-12-11· cited 73×
• Hope v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-09-27· cited 68×
• Lyles v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-09-29· cited 60×
• Neale v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2005-05-03· cited 49×
• Monroe v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-05-23· cited 48×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-06-26· cited 41×
• Ramon v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-06-10· cited 41×
• Prickett v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-11-21· cited 34×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-06-21· cited 31×
• Weiss v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-06-14· cited 30×
• Trenton Teague v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-12-05· cited 26×
• Hall v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-07-18· cited 25×
• Payne v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-12-06· cited 24×
• Estes v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2005-05-10· cited 22×
• Field v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-03-21· cited 20×
• Gutermuth v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-08-24· cited 15×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Serino v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-11-19· cited 194×
• Wooley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-09-29· cited 145×
• Widener v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-12-28· cited 125×
• Sensback v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-12-17· cited 112×
• Harris v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-12-28· cited 75×
• Lander v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-02-15· cited 40×
• Sipple v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-05-15· cited 17×
• Ruiz v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-05-19· cited 1×