Yost v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
89
cited by 89 later decisions
2
states following
August 1989
most recently cited
89 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Salley v. United States · 161 So. 2d 864 - Darty v. State · 69 So. 2d 766 - Williams v. State · 224 So. 2d 400 - Bertone v. State · Wyche 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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Florida, where an information contains more than one count, but each is a facet or phase of the same transaction, only one sentence may be imposed; and the sentence which should be imposed is for the highest offense charged.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. State · Easton v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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