508 So. 2d 778 - Ward v. Dugger’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably 747 So. 2d 931 - Steele v. Kehoe (1999), Huff v. State (1990)
1 federal appellate · 44 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 229 So. 2d 239 - Baggett v. Wainwright · State v. Meyer · 193 So. 2d 618 - Barton v. State · 240 So. 2d 816 - Flores v. Wainwright · 470 So. 2d 100 - Ward 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Time Limitations. A motion to vacate a sentence that exceeds the limits provided by law may be filed at any time. No other motion shall be filed or considered pursuant to this rule if filed more than 2 years after the judgment and sentence become final in a noncapital case or more than 1 year after the judgment and sentence become final in a capital case in which a death sentence has been imposed. . . .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Coates v. State · Deese v. State“when any such direct review proceedings have concluded and jurisdiction to entertain a motion for post-conviction relief returns to the sentencing court.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“might be entitled to file a belated motion for postconviction relief if the actions of her attorney had frustrated her intention to file such a motion in a timely fashion”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brimage v. State · Flowers 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.