State v. Pearson’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
34
cited by 34 later decisions
1
states following
November 1999
most recently cited
34 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno · 374 So. 2d 1195 - State v. Spencer · 360 So. 2d 842 - State v. Jackson · 380 So. 2d 1361 - State v. Goode · 400 So. 2d 596 - State v. Molinario
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consider the punishment and the crime in light of the harm to society caused by its commission and determine whether the penalty is disproportionate to the crime committed as to shock our sense of justice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Meshell · State v. James
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.