State v. Sweat

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that \the restitution statute goes to establishing the amount of the loss sought to be compensated [and that d]efenses to liability are not relevant once restitution is available to crime victims\
• noting that while restitution serves a dual purpose of making the victim whole and rehabilitating the defendant, the primary purpose of restitution is compensating the victim
• stating that certain “civil defenses available in a civil action, such as contributory negligence … simply do not make sense in a restitution hearing”
• noting that while restitution serves a dual purpose of making the victim whole and rehabilitating the defendant, the primary purpose of restitution is compensating the victim
• the word \any\ has \a diversity of meanings... and its meaning in a given statute depends upon the context and the subject matter of the statute\
• the word \any\ has \a diversity of meanings. . .and its meaning in a given statute depends upon the context and the subject matter of the statute\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-12-22· cited 61×
• Peters v. Menard, Inc.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1999-03-02· cited 46×
• State v. Madlock
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1999-09-01· cited 32×
• State v. Longmire
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 2004-04-01· cited 22×
• State v. Walters
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1999-02-25· cited 21×
• State v. Ryan M. Muth
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2020-07-07· cited 14×
• Roberts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-11-22· cited 11×
• Fore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-03-21· cited 10×
• Roth v. City of Glendale
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1999-02-23· cited 3×
• Conway v. BOARD OF POLICE & FIRE COM'RS
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2003-06-03· cited 1×
• Demonta Antonio Hall v. Wisconsin Department of Justice
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 2020-02-26· cited 1×
• State v. Kordell L. Grady
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2025-06-13· cited 1×
• State v. Doud
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 2004-05-06
• State v. Muth
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 2019-06-06
• State v. Eric J. Joling
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 2024-12-11

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Ex Rel. Girouard v. Circuit Court for Jackson County
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1990-05-10· cited 60×
• United States v. Rogelio Salcedo-Lopez
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-06-29· cited 44×
• In Re Custody of DMM
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1987-04-29· cited 30×
• State v. Pope
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1982-05-25· cited 22×
• Staples v. Zinn
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-11-08· cited 11×
• F.P.R. v. J.M.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1987-04-29· cited 11×
• State v. Whitman
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1991-01-08· cited 6×