State v. Major’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 1990
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 425 So. 2d 1251 - State v. Telsee · State v. Quimby · 412 So. 2d 1042 - State v. Mitchell · State v. Fraser · 450 So. 2d 1053 - State v. Jackson
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoever commits the crime of forcible rape shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than two nor more than forty years. At least two years of the sentence imposed shall be without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, [emphasis added] 2”
2 later decisions 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.