192 So. 3d 235 - State v. Ladd’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Dorthey · 419 So. 2d 475 - State v. Lanclos · 603 So. 2d 739 - State v. Lobato · 433 So. 2d 104 - State v. Square · 709 So. 2d 672 - State v. Johnson
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[he] is exceptional, which in this context means that because of unusual circumstances, the defendant is a victim of the legislature's failure to assign sentences that are meaningfully tailored to the culpability of the offender, the gravity of the offense, and the circumstances of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“to explicitly determine whether the defendant's situation is one of those rare and exceptional circumstances that would justify a downward departure from the legislatively mandated and presumptively constitutional sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“opportunity to present any mitigating factors to substantiate his claim is an exceptional case in which a downward departure from the statutory minimum sentence is appropriate.”
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.