498 So. 2d 863 - Whitehead v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
264 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 265 later decisions — most recently October 2013 · most notably State v. Callaway (1995), 597 So. 2d 309 - King v. State (1992)
264 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 475 So. 2d 1218 - Hendrix v. State · 396 So. 2d 1107 - Villery v. Florida Parole & Probation Com'n · 383 So. 2d 219 - Eutsey v. State · 427 So. 2d 166 - State v. Dunmann · State v. Van Higson
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 265 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“can clearly be considered justification for a departure from the recommended sentence,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Jory v. State · State v. Sachs“The guidelines shall be applied to all felonies, except capital felonies, committed on or after October 1, 1983, and to all felonies, except capital felonies and life felonies, committed prior to October 1, 1983, for which sentencing occurs after such date when the defendant affirmatively selects to be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of this act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“1. The Defendant, by separate Order of this date, has been declared a habitual offender and that a sentence exceeding the guidelines is necessary for the protection of the public. 2.The Defendant’s past criminal record indicates that he will continue a life of crime and there is no reason and hope of rehabilitation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.