511 So. 2d 91 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently November 2006
9 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 406 So. 2d 550 - State v. Bourgeois · 414 So. 2d 735 - State v. McDonald · 438 So. 2d 1172 - State v. Stroud
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is to insure that each sentence is individualized to the offender and the offense.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Manuel · State v. Spencer“state for the record the considerations taken into account and the factual basis therefor in imposing sentence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A. When a defendant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, the court should impose a sentence of imprisonment if any of the following occurs: (1) There is an undue risk that during the period of a suspended sentence or probation the defendant will commit another crime. (2) The defendant is in need of correctional treatment or a custodial environment that can be provided most effectively by his commitment to an institution. (3) A lesser sentence will deprecate the seriousness of the defendant's crime. B. The following grounds, while not controlling the discretion of the court, shall be accorded weight in its determination of suspension of sentence or probation: (1) The offender's conduct during the commission of the offense manifested deliberate cruelty to the victim. (2) The offender knew or should have known that the victim of the offense was particularly vulnerable or incapable of resistance due to extreme youth, advanced age, disability, or ill health. (3) The offender offered or has been offered or has given or received anything of value for the commission of the offense. (4) The offender used his or her position or status to facilitate the commission of the offense. (5) The offender knowingly created a risk of death or great bodily harm to more than one person. (6) The offender used threats of or actual violence in the commission of the offense. (7) Subsequent to the offense, the offender used or caused others to use violence, force, or threats with the intent to”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Spencer
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.