472 So. 2d 174 - State v. Schexnayder’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
July 1995
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 414 So. 2d 1210 - State v. Howard · 399 So. 2d 194 - State v. Guiden · 437 So. 2d 252 - State v. Smith · 453 So. 2d 993 - State v. Benton · 414 So. 2d 703 - State v. Lewis
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.
“is nothing more than the purposeless and needless imposition of pain and suffering.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“No law shall subject any person to ... cruel, excessive or unusual punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime”
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.