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528 So. 2d 112 - Abt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1988

Citation profile

10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 1989
most recently cited

10 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Dobbert v. Florida · Miller v. Florida · 476 So. 2d 158 - Albritton v. State · 488 So. 2d 523 - State v. Mischler · 515 So. 2d 748 - Shull v. Dugger

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “WHETHER THAT PORTION OF CHAPTER 87-110, LAWS OF FLORIDA, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 921.001(5), FLORIDA STATUTES, IS APPLICABLE TO APPELLATE REVIEW OF SENTENCES IMPOSED FOR OFFENSES WHICH WERE COMMITTED PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1987.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Abt v. State · 534 So. 2d 821 - Davis v. State
  2. “The level of proof necessary to establish facts supporting a departure from a sentence under the guidelines is a preponderance of the evidence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 537 So. 2d 995 - Felts v. State
  3. “as having only a procedural effect on the law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 537 So. 2d 995 - Felts v. State

How this case has been treated — in progress

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