529 So. 2d 736 - Hankey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 492 So. 2d 1329 - Florida Bar v. Wolf · 396 So. 2d 1107 - Villery v. Florida Parole & Probation Com'n · 515 So. 2d 227 - Phillips v. Dugger · 327 So. 2d 18 - State v. Jones · State v. VanKooten
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If it appears to the court ... that the ends of justice and the welfare of society do not require that the defendant presently suffer the penalty imposed by law, the court ... shall stay and withhold the imposition of sentence upon such defendant and shall place him on probation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. King v. State · King v. State“WHEN THE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINE RANGE IS 12-30 MONTHS’ INCARCERATION, DOES A SENTENCE OF 5 YEARS INCARCERATION, SPLIT WITH 13 MONTHS TO BE IMMEDIATELY SERVED AND THE BALANCE OF 47 MONTHS SUSPENDED SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 5 YEARS OF PROBATION, CONSTITUTE A DEPARTURE SENTENCE REQUIRING JUSTIFYING REASONS?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“concept of probation ... was to provide an alternative to the imposition by sentence, of the penalties provided by law for the commission of a criminal offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. King 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.