461 So. 2d 1003 - Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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

1. “(5) The sanctions imposed by order of the court shall be commensurate with the seriousness of the offense. When community control or a program of public service is ordered by the court, the duration of community control supervision or public service may not be longer than the sentence that could have been imposed if the offender had been committed for the offense or a period not to exceed 2 years, whichever is less.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 587 So. 2d 654 - Weaver v. State · 567 So. 2d 428 - Crawford v. State

2. “When community control is imposed, it shall not exceed the term provided by general law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams