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1984

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1991
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Solem v. Helm · 368 So. 2d 871 - Cumbo v. State · Skelton v. City of Birmingham · Jones v. State · 392 So. 2d 1274 - Watson 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[W]hether the Eighth Amendment proscribes a life sentence without possibility of parole for a seventh nonviolent felony.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 460 So. 2d 870 - McLester v. State
  2. “offense is one which the legislature has classed as a serious”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 460 So. 2d 870 - McLester v. State

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.