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498 So. 2d 592 - Pittman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1987
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 488 So. 2d 523 - State v. Mischler · Mancini v. State · Dydek v. State · 436 So. 2d 203 - DC v. State · 390 So. 2d 744 - Sanderson 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.

  1. “consider[ing] danger to life and property, matters inherent within the crime for which defendant was convicted, as a reason for departure.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. 509 So. 2d 1332 - Rey v. State · 502 So. 2d 1272 - Connell v. State
  2. “by its very nature fire causes an extreme risk to lives and property[,]”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 509 So. 2d 1332 - Rey 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.