477 So. 2d 1087 - Bentley v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1987
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 232 So. 2d 25 - Bass v. State · 437 So. 2d 702 - Watson v. State · Nash v. State · Morales v. State · 438 So. 2d 108 - Wilson 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Does the display of an unloaded firearm, without proof of readily available ammunition, with accompanying threats to use the firearm during the commission of an aggravated assault, invoke the three year mandatory sentencing provision of section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes (1983)?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Is an unloaded firearm designed to, or is it readily convertible to, expel a projectile absent a showing of available ammunition?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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