359 So. 2d 976 - State v. Delaney’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
September 1987
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 341 So. 2d 3 - State v. Jones · 351 So. 2d 1178 - State v. Lindsey
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for a determinate term not less than the longest term prescribed for a first conviction and not more than his natural life and in no case less than twenty years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wilson“that upon a first conviction the offender would be punishable by imprisonment for any term less than his natural life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“discoverable by a mere inspection of the pleadings and proceedings and without inspection of the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.