475 So. 2d 1218 - Hendrix v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
323 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 323 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably 478 So. 2d 1054 - State v. Jackson (1985), 498 So. 2d 863 - Whitehead v. State (1986)
323 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In re Rules of Criminal Procedure · 462 So. 2d 548 - Burch v. State · 455 So. 2d 449 - Hendrix v. State · State v. Brusven · State v. Erickson
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 323 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the spirit and intent of the guidelines.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to establish a uniform set of standards to guide the sentencing judge”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[t]he defendant has a prior record of violence dating back to 1973, consisting of convictions for felonies; including arson, grand theft, burglary and sale of marijuana. He has demonstrated complete disregard for the laws of society and a sentence as recommended by the Sentencing Guidelines would simply not be sufficient deterrent or punishment for this individual and, therefore; this court finds and determines that it is necessary to go outside the guidelines and impose a sentence accordingly.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.