635 So. 2d 554 - State v. Lapoint’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · North Carolina v. Alford · Blackledge v. Allison · Henderson v. Morgan · State v. Sepulvado
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the law in effect at the time of the commission of the offense is determinative of the penalty which the convicted accused must suffer.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.