Alford v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
September 1984
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gardner v. Florida · Proffitt v. Florida · Alford v. Florida · 307 So. 2d 433 - Alford 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unconstitutional for courts to impose sentences upon persons convicted of crime without affording the accused persons an opportunity to refute any information known to the sentencing judge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Alford v. Florida“[t]he first paragraph of the confidential evaluation indicates that the sentencing judge was 'made aware of some of [the report's] facts' by the [probation] supervisor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Alford v. Florida“[i]n those cases in which the accuracy of a report is contested, the trial judge can avoid delay by disregarding the disputed material.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alford v. Florida
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.