591 So. 2d 948 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 1998
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gissendanner v. State · 448 So. 2d 1013 - State v. Rhoden · 376 So. 2d 382 - Brown v. State · 487 So. 2d 1045 - State v. Whitfield · 500 So. 2d 501 - Williams 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Without the necessary predicate convictions appellant's sentence as a habitual offender is illegal. No objection is required to raise the issue of an illegal sentence on direct appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.