Hebert v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

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.

1. “When a defendant pleads guilty to an offense defined by a maximum dollar value, can court-ordered restitution exceed that amount when the voluntary plea agreement expressly leaves the amount of restitution to the discretion of the trial court?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 689 So. 2d 1061 - JOS v. State · 668 So. 2d 1082 - JOS v. State

2. “caused directly or indirectly by the defendant's offense”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. J.R. v. State · 689 So. 2d 1061 - JOS v. State

3. “expressly left the amount of restitution to the trial court's discretion and accordingly constituted a waiver of any objection”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 689 So. 2d 1061 - JOS v. State