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← 340 SO2D 260 - State v. Selman

State v. Selman’s Empirical Analysis

1976

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Roberts v. Louisiana · 340 So. 2d 180 - State v. Lee · State v. Craig · 340 So. 2d 205 - State v. Sledge · 300 So. 2d 467 - State v. Selman

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “the appropriate sentence to be imposed upon a valid conviction for aggravated rape is the most severe constitutional penalty established by the legislature for a lesser included offense at the time the crime was committed,”
    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.