480 So. 2d 213 - Wilkerson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1985

Citation profile

cited by 12 later decisions

states following

January 1987

most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Weaver v. Graham · 478 So. 2d 1054 - State v. Jackson · 454 So. 2d 691 - Jackson v. State · 478 So. 2d 497 - O'BRIEN v. State · 472 So. 2d 792 - Dewberry 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“WHETHER ALL SENTENCING GUIDELINES AMENDMENTS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED PROCEDURAL IN NATURE SO THAT THE GUIDELINES AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING WITHOUT REGARD TO THE EX POST FACTO DOCTRINE.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 485 So. 2d 1380 - Van Horn v. State · 487 So. 2d 392 - Brown v. State
“the presumptive sentence established by the guidelines does not change the statutory limits of the sentence imposed for a particular offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 494 So. 2d 210 - Wilkerson v. State

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.