598 So. 2d 60 - Patten v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Allen v. United States · Proffitt v. Florida · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. · Wingo v. Wedding · 283 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dixon
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“specifically considered the events as one aggravating circumstance and did not give them a doubling effect in imposing the death sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Patton v. State“was allowable and did not deny Patten's right to due process or a fair trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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