Hernandez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
June 2000
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Lewis v. Adamson · Danial Siebert v. Alabama · Grossman v. Florida · 525 So. 2d 833 - Grossman 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he purpose of this requirement is to ensure that each death sentence handed down in Florida results from a thoughtful, deliberate, and knowledgeable weighing by the trial judge of all aggravating and mitigating circumstances surrounding both the criminal and the crime... .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n each case in which the court imposes the death sentence, the determination of the court shall be supported by specific written findings of fact based upon the [aggravating and mitigating circumstances] and upon the records of the trial and sentencing proceedings.”
1 later decision 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.