537 So. 2d 982 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1989

Citation profile

cited by 91 later decisions

states following

May 2014

most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 89 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently May 2014 · most notably Burdick v. State (1992), 589 So. 2d 260 - Chiles v. CHILDREN A, B, C, D, E, AND F (1991)

1 federal appellate · 89 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

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 994

Relies on Miller v. Florida · 478 So. 2d 1054 - State v. Jackson · 488 So. 2d 826 - Florida Bar v. Baxter · State v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · Brown 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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“as if the guidelines had never been enacted.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Braggs v. State · Davis v. State
“Substantive law prescribes the duties and rights under our system of government. * * * * * * An argument can be made that the manner of the imposition of the sentence is procedural; however, it is our opinion that whether a sentence is consecutive or concurrent directly affects the length of time spent in prison and, therefore, rights are involved, not procedure.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 546 So. 2d 91 - Griffin v. State · 823 So. 2d 757 - Hall v. State
“The guidelines shall be applied to all felonies, except capital felonies, committed on or after October 1, 1983, and to all felonies, except capital and life felonies, committed prior to October 1, 1983, for which sentencing occurs after such date when the defendant affirmatively selects to be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of this act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Wright v. State · 921 So. 2d 556 - Logan 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.