393 So. 2d 1278 - State v. Saunders’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently December 2012
20 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 State v. Sepulvado · 369 So. 2d 118 - State v. Cox · 374 So. 2d 1195 - State v. Spencer · 360 So. 2d 842 - State v. Jackson
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under 894.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Court feels that if the defendant were to receive a suspended sentence or be placed on probation, there is an undue risk that during the period of a suspended sentence or probation that the defendant would commit another crime. Secondly, the Court feels the defendant is in need of correctional treatment or a custodial environment that can be provided most effectively by his commitment to an institution. Finally, I feel that any lesser sentence than the one I will impose will deprecate the seriousness of the defendant’s charge. It should be stated for the record, also, that this defendant has a prior felony conviction for the crime of forcible rape and the crime of possession of cocaine. It should also be stated for the record that the defendant is not eligible to receive a suspended sentence or be placed on probation for this particular charge. That is pursuant to the provisions of 894 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Court is also aware of the mitigating circumstances under 894.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Court feels that the defendant’s conduct does cause or threaten serious harm. The sale of crack cocaine on the streets of this city, in my opinion, is a very serious problem, and it does threaten and cause harm to other people in this community. Secondly, the Court feels that the defendant did contemplate that his conduct would cause or threaten serious harm. Thirdly, the Court does not find from the rec”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he following grounds, while not controlling the discretion of the court shall be accorded weight in its determination ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Walker
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.