513 So. 2d 759 - Croft v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
June 1991
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · 478 So. 2d 429 - Vandeneynden v. State · Allen v. State · 487 So. 2d 420 - Grandstaff v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services
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.
“A duly entered judgment of conviction and sentence, however, is presumed valid, and a defendant attacking the validity of prior convictions has the burden of proving the alleged grounds by a preponderance of the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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