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438 So. 2d 203 - State v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 2014
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 410 So. 2d 227 - State v. Bing · 428 So. 2d 794 - State v. Ricks · 412 So. 2d 1057 - State v. Stephens · 377 So. 2d 264 - State v. Battaglia · 376 So. 2d 146 - State v. Alexander

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The trial court is divested of jurisdiction to amend a sentence once the order of appeal is signed, except to correct an illegal sentence or to reduce a legal sentence under certain circumstanc es. State v. Battaglia, 377 So.2d 264 (La., 1979); State v. Alexander, 376 So.2d 146 (La., 1979). Defendant’s ten year sentence was legal. State v. Stephens, supra. After the order of appeal was signed on July 22, 1981, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to set aside or increase the sentence. The order vacating the original sentence and re-sentencing defendant is without effect.”
    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.