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438 So. 2d 178 - McNeil v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 2008
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 405 So. 2d 436 - Williams v. State · 429 So. 2d 407 - McDonald v. O'Steen · 412 So. 2d 58 - Brown 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[a] person who kidnaps a person is guilty of a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life or as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[A]uthorization of imprisonment for `a term of years not exceeding life' under § 782.04(2) does not reasonably support classification of the offense as a life felony for Chapter 958 purposes... .”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “consideration of the criteria contained in section 958.04(2), Florida Statutes (1981) ... when a person meets the requirements of section 958.04(1).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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