478 So. 2d 1150 - Rease v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 1989
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 480 So. 2d 202 - Payne 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether, when the sentencing guidelines recommend a sentence of life imprisonment, the trial court may sentence a defendant to life imprisonment plus sixty years in prison on other counts, to run consecutive to the life sentence, without stating clear and convincing reasons for departing from the guidelines.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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