Rivas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1996
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 561 So. 2d 554 - Pope v. State · Ree v. State · 444 So. 2d 407 - Marty v. State · 457 So. 2d 1385 - State v. Overfelt · 440 So. 2d 514 - Hinson v. Palm Beach County
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"before a trial court may enhance a defendant's sentence or apply the mandatory minimum sentence for use of a firearm, the jury must make a finding that the defendant committed the crime while using a firearm either by finding him guilty of a crime which involves a firearm or by answering a specific question of a special verdict form so indicating."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Berry v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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