376 So. 2d 47 - Adams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably 383 So. 2d 219 - Eutsey v. State (1980), 452 So. 2d 95 - Weston v. State (1984)
31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Duncan v. State of Louisiana · Williams v. People of State of New York · Amperex Electronic Corp. v. New York Racing Assn., Inc. · Specht v. Patterson
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he statutory requirement for findings of fact, capable of review on appeal, is the cap of a legislative purpose which ... assures the defendant in Section 775.084 proceedings of [due process] .... .... ... In order that an appellate court may perform its duty to review the sentencing court's ultimate finding . . we must be apprised of the underlying facts and circumstances which the trial judge relied on in making that finding. Otherwise, the appellate court will be left with the hopeless task of determining from the raw data in the presentence report and elsewhere what material might have influenced the trial judge to the ultimate finding .. . and, in a real sense, the appellate court will be put in a position of duplicating the sentencing function which is properly and exclusively that of the trial court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Habitual offender" means a defendant for whom the court may impose an extended term of imprisonment. .. . * * * * * * (4)(a) The court, in conformity with the procedure established in subsection (3) and upon a finding that the imposition of sentence under this section is necessary for the protection of the public from further criminal activity by the defendant, shall sentence the habitual offender as follows: 1. In the case of a felony of the first degree, for life. 2. In the case of a felony of the second degree, for a term of years not exceeding 30. 3. In the case of a felony of the third degree, for a term of years not exceeding 10... .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“facts which do not singly point to the defendant's future criminality, the defendant has the right in all sentencing proceedings, more especially in Section 775.084 proceedings, to offer”
2 later decisions 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.